waster

noun7

1. •
   Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
2. •
   (slang, disapproving) An idle, worthless person; a loser.

   • I don't want a total waster and I'm definitely not looking for a hook-up, but I really do need an okay date. Someone normal. Someone I can introduce to family and friends […] — 2024
3. •
   An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

   • Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby. — 1895
4. •
   (dialect) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
5. •
   (no longer used) A destroyer or plunderer.

   • He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. — 1611
6. •
   (no longer used) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

   • Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds. — 1624
7. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) A leister; a spear for catching fish.