Translations for „wastrel“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

wast·rel [ˈweɪstrəl] N liter

wastrel

nepridiprav m

wastrel

brezdelnež m

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English

Such unguarded blather about physical fitness could ruin this band's reputation as incorrigible wastrels.

www.stuff.co.nz

He was a wastrel from beginning to end.

www.standard.co.uk

Like the wastrel son of a self-made man, we're flushing our natural capital down the drain.

www.independent.co.uk

And of the two brothers, one is a wastrel and the other is possibly dying of consumption.

www.postcity.com

To top it off they have the gall to run ads denouncing their political opponents as scary wastrels.

blogs.theprovince.com

Detractors, including my wife, liken fasting to starvation, because without food we turn into ashen little wastrels, crying for help in tiny voices.

www.gq.com

Yang was a gambler and a wastrel, but keen with the political scene.

en.wikipedia.org

Two men, one morally impeccable, the other a wastrel, are not only lookalikes but love the same woman.

www.nottinghampost.com

Or later encouraged her two wastrel daughters to stop living high on the hog.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Is a man who expenses $200 breakfasts to the taxpayer a wastrel?

www.torontosun.com