wasters
Those who squander
Wasters is the plural of waster—a person who squanders time, money, or resources: Those wasters spent their inheritance in a year.
In British slang, waster is a general term of contempt for someone considered worthless or lazy.
In historical contexts, a waster was a wooden practice sword used for training.
Habitual money wasters
- profligatesRecklessly extravagant people
- wastrelsHabitual reckless spenders
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- prodigalityReckless, wasteful expenditure
overspending · splurging · blowing · frittering · misusing · depleting · draining · exhausting
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- loafingPassing time idly
- inactivityLack of movement
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
indolence · slothfulness · dawdling · procrastination · idleness · listlessness · apathy · layabouts
Those who devastate
- ravagersThose who destroy violently
- despoilersThose who ruin thoroughly
- vandalsWillful property destroyers
- saboteursIntentional disruptors of operations
wreckers · spoilers · defacers · demolishers · plunderers · pillagers · marauders · looters
Carved timber fighting toys
- fencingCombat with blunted blades
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- swordplayArt of fighting with blades
- combat trainingMilitary fighting instruction
spendthrifts
Habitual money wasters
- profligatesRecklessly extravagant people
- wastrelsHabitual reckless spenders
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
prodigality · overspending · splurging · blowing · frittering · misusing · depleting · draining · exhausting · bankrupting
laziness
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- loafingPassing time idly
- inactivityLack of movement
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
sluggishness · indolence · slothfulness · dawdling · procrastination · idleness · listlessness · apathy · layabouts · loafers
ruiners
Those who devastate
- ravagersThose who destroy violently
- despoilersThose who ruin thoroughly
- vandalsWillful property destroyers
saboteurs · wreckers · spoilers · defacers · demolishers · plunderers · pillagers · marauders · looters · degraders
wooden swords
Carved timber fighting toys
- slackersslackers, loafers, idlers, idler, layabouts
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
- ancient potteryamphora, amphorae, earthenware, Greek pottery, Greek vase
- destroyersdestroyers, guided missile, torpedo tubes, hull, stern
wasterssavers
Those who accumulate resources
conservers · hoarders · misers · pinchpennies · penny-pinchers
wastersachievers
Those who accomplish goals
producers · contributors · go-getters · doers · strivers
- waste of timeUnproductive expenditure of hours
- waste timeUse moments unproductively
- wasted timeHours spent unproductively
- go to wasteFail to be utilized
- waste awayDecline through neglect
- toxic wasteDangerous industrial refuse