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Meanings of waster in English

Wikidata

Discarded piece of defective pottery.

Portuguese
destruidor
Catalan
destructor

A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.

destruidor
Portuguese
desperdiçador
Spanish
derrochador

Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently.

desperdiçador
Usage of waster in English
1
By the way, their offer about the special waster is still open.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
2
And the text saith moreover, I have created the waster to destroy.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
3
Heidi: The sequester blame game is really the biggest time-waster around this.
The Guardian
4
And yet Australia is the world's number one waster of food.
News.com.au
5
You're the sign most likely to over- emphasize one particular and unnecessary time-waster!
The South African
6
Remember that last Facebook quiz, the innocent time-waster during a ten-minute office break?
Reuters
7
But the waster pushed one of the slender-stemmed glasses toward him.
Bunker Bean
8
In America we should call him a pretty fair specimen of a waster.
Of Human Bondage
9
The three Breedes and the waster stood apart, studying him queerly.
Bunker Bean
10
And she sees you for the time waster that you are.
News.com.au
11
The Environment segment includes waste disposal, street cleaning and waster recovery, among others.
Reuters
12
He was a waster and a loafer who pretended to be an artist.
The Coming of Bill
13
Moreover, the child was no waster, but one who was set for life.
The Lady of Blossholme
14
The two waster kids stopped in front of Quinn, who grinned in welcome.
The Naked God
15
Or again, I might have been a worthless idle waster of a fellow.
Dear Brutus
16
By nature he was a jester, trifler, and waster of time.
The Leading Facts of English History
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Catalan
destructor
Waster through the time
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