spendthrift

Example Sentences

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When the left returns to power, it will return to its spendthrift and inflationary ways without a monetary reform that makes it harder than printing more pesos.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.

From Los Angeles Times

And his book also took a decidedly conservative view – describing them as chronic spendthrifts, dependent on welfare payments and mostly failing to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

From BBC

The U.S. government is hardly a spendthrift with arts dollars, but what if it were to pony up for the industry again?

From New York Times

Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn’t happening.

From New York Times