Spendthrift
noun
A person who often spends a lot of money carelessly.
She married a real spendthrift who wasted all her money.
Often appears as...
- real spendthrift
- such a spendthrift
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Disapproving
noun
A person who often spends a lot of money carelessly.
She married a real spendthrift who wasted all her money.
Often appears as...
- real spendthrift
- such a spendthrift
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Spendthrift implies a negative judgment towards careless spending habits.
Despite his wealth, his spendthrift habits concerned his family.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Budget-Conscious
A spendthrift does not think about saving money or budgeting.
As a spendthrift, he never checks prices before buying.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Excessive
The term 'spendthrift' usually implies spending in excess, more than is prudent or wise.
The spendthrift bought another car he didn't need.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Spendthrift implies a negative judgment towards careless spending habits.
Despite his wealth, his spendthrift habits concerned his family.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Budget-Conscious
A spendthrift does not think about saving money or budgeting.
As a spendthrift, he never checks prices before buying.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Excessive
The term 'spendthrift' usually implies spending in excess, more than is prudent or wise.
The spendthrift bought another car he didn't need.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Spendthrift implies a negative judgment towards careless spending habits.
Despite his wealth, his spendthrift habits concerned his family.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Budget-Conscious
A spendthrift does not think about saving money or budgeting.
As a spendthrift, he never checks prices before buying.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Excessive
The term 'spendthrift' usually implies spending in excess, more than is prudent or wise.
The spendthrift bought another car he didn't need.
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Quote examples
Adam Hochschild
American Writer
Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
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Robert Schumann
German Composer
My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.
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Will Self
English Author
To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese and so on.
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Louis A. Johnson
American Public Servant
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
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Soundarya
Actress
Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Politician
I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
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Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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Adam Hochschild
American Writer
Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
Quote examples
Robert Schumann
German Composer
My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese and so on.
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Louis A. Johnson
American Public Servant
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
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Soundarya
Actress
Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Politician
I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
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Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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