spendthrift

What kind of spendthrift picks a completely needless fight with one of the last banks in town willing to lend him money?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said Thursday that the results offer the “latest evidence that consumers have continued their spendthrift ways.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

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 ● Sep. 29, 2024

Because she fell for words like fresh-picked and vine-ripened, our mother was defined as a spendthrift.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

I will uphold his wishes, but if I outlive him and there’s no agreement in place, I would likely give little to nothing to his children because they are irresponsible spendthrifts.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

For many spendthrifts, these platforms are not a mentally safe space.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021

Clearing her throat, she started to read aloud: “Workers earn it, spendthrifts burn it, bankers lend it.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2019

The reason massive stars are such spendthrifts is that, as we saw above, the rate of fusion depends very strongly on the star’s core temperature.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

They are themselves always the greatest spendthrifts in the society; let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli