Spendthrift Definition

spĕndthrĭft
spendthrifts
noun
spendthrifts
A person who spends money carelessly or wastefully; squanderer.
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adjective
Wasteful; extravagant.
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Other Word Forms of Spendthrift

Noun

Singular:
spendthrift
Plural:
spendthrifts

Origin of Spendthrift

  • spend thrift accumulated wealth (obsolete)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spendthrift Sentence Examples

  • Throughout his life he was a profligate and a spendthrift.

  • During his absence she married the profligate spendthrift, P. Cornelius Dolabella.

  • That might be true, but there was no point in working at becoming a spendthrift simply because he had money.

  • In other situations, a "spendthrift clause" may be added.

  • My home was simply a middle-class affair ruined by spendthrift habits which I have inherited.

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