WASTREL in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of WASTREL
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wastrel
 n.  one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer
Classic Sentence:
1  A man's a poor bit of a wastrel blown about.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
Example Sentence:
1  His neighbors denounced him as a wastrel who had dissipated his inheritance.
2  Some will use Earth Day to depict America as an energy wastrel and despoiler of the earth.