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A person who spends money or resources wastefully:
prodigal, profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, waster. See save
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:
bum¹, drone¹, fainÃ©ant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard. (Informal) do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug². (Slang) slouch. See industrious

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