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waster

/ˈweɪstə

noun

1A wasteful person or thing: you are a great waster of time...

While motorists are prime examples of fuel wasters, they also consume 50.2 percent of the country's total fuel consumption, making them the largest consumer segment compared to households and industries.
This year Las Vegas entered what it calls drought alert, meaning tight restrictions on water use for residents and businesses and heavy fines for water wasters.
The biggest wasters of household power, desktop and laptop computers, add $30 to an annual power bill when left on standby.

1.1 informal A person who does little or nothing of value: it’s nice to know you’re not a complete waster...

Academics were wasters and parasites back then too.
‘I wasn't looked upon as being a layabout or a waster,’ he said.
For all their fresh financial backing this season, their team of wasters has completely squandered the best opportunity they'll ever have of getting into a Champions League final.

Synonyms

idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, drone, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, slug, laggard, slugabed

informal loser, skiver, slacker, lazybones

North American informal bum, gold brick

literary wastrel

2A discarded piece of defective pottery.In 1987, excavations in the Calle Pureza in Triana, the pottery district of Seville, brought to light a collapsed kiln full of pottery wasters....

Paul Woodfield says a pre-construction geophysics survey revealed nothing, so no prior excavation was required; the sherds, with large quantities of kiln wasters, were unstratified.
The Hoi An treasure almost certainly originated specifically at a pottery in or near the hamlet of Chu Dau, where wasters of rice bowls identical to those from the wreck have been unearthed.

单词	waster
释义	waster /ˈweɪstə / noun 1A wasteful person or thing: you are a great waster of time... While motorists are prime examples of fuel wasters, they also consume 50.2 percent of the country's total fuel consumption, making them the largest consumer segment compared to households and industries. This year Las Vegas entered what it calls drought alert, meaning tight restrictions on water use for residents and businesses and heavy fines for water wasters. The biggest wasters of household power, desktop and laptop computers, add $30 to an annual power bill when left on standby. 1.1 informal A person who does little or nothing of value: it’s nice to know you’re not a complete waster... Academics were wasters and parasites back then too. ‘I wasn't looked upon as being a layabout or a waster,’ he said. For all their fresh financial backing this season, their team of wasters has completely squandered the best opportunity they'll ever have of getting into a Champions League final. Synonyms idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, drone, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, slug, laggard, slugabed informal loser, skiver, slacker, lazybones North American informal bum, gold brick literary wastrel 2A discarded piece of defective pottery.In 1987, excavations in the Calle Pureza in Triana, the pottery district of Seville, brought to light a collapsed kiln full of pottery wasters.... Paul Woodfield says a pre-construction geophysics survey revealed nothing, so no prior excavation was required; the sherds, with large quantities of kiln wasters, were unstratified. The Hoi An treasure almost certainly originated specifically at a pottery in or near the hamlet of Chu Dau, where wasters of rice bowls identical to those from the wreck have been unearthed. Rhymes taster
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