squanderers
Those who waste
Squanderers are people who waste money, time, resources, or opportunities through reckless or foolish spending.
The word carries moral judgment—squanderers don't just spend, they spend unwisely on things of little value: The heirs proved to be squanderers who burned through the family fortune in a decade.
Habitual money wasters
- wastrelsHabitual reckless spenders
- profligatesRecklessly extravagant people
- prodigalsReckless spenders who return
- big spendersThose who spend freely
bankrupts · debtors · heirs · inheritances · fortunes · wealth · savings · estates
Moral law violators
- prodigal sonReturning repentant offspring
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- debauchedCorrupted by indulgence
- libertinesMorally dissolute individuals
hedonists · reprobates · wayward · fallen · ruin · downfall · redemption · cautionary
Those who misuse resources
- misusersThose who use improperly
- depletingProgressively using up
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
dissipating · natural resources · water · energy · talent · potential · opportunities · time
spendthrifts
Habitual money wasters
- wastrelsHabitual reckless spenders
- profligatesRecklessly extravagant people
- prodigalsReckless spenders who return
big spenders · bankrupts · debtors · heirs · inheritances · fortunes · wealth · savings · estates · trust funds
sinners
Moral law violators
- prodigal sonReturning repentant offspring
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- debauchedCorrupted by indulgence
libertines · hedonists · reprobates · wayward · fallen · ruin · downfall · redemption · cautionary · parable
wasters
Those who misuse resources
- misusersThose who use improperly
- depletingProgressively using up
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
frittering · dissipating · natural resources · water · energy · talent · potential · opportunities · time · youth
underachievers
Those performing below capacity
- wastersThose who misuse resources
- procrastinatorsThose who habitually delay
- idlersHabitually unproductive people
loafers · talent · potential · promise · gifts · chances · prospects · possibilities · futures · careers
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
squandererssavers
Those who accumulate resources
hoarders · conservers · misers · accumulators · penny-pinchers
squanderersmisers
Stingy wealth hoarders
skinflints · tightwads · cheapskates · scrooges · penny-pinchers
squanderersconservers
Those who protect resources
preservers · stewards · custodians · guardians · investors
- inheritance squanderedInherited wealth wasted