squanderer en · NOUN
Etymology
From squander + -er.
Meanings
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One who squanders.
How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations.
1990 July 19, Ricardo Radulovich, “A view on tropical deforestation”, in Nature, volume 346, page 214:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| squanderers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |