1. a person who spends money wastefully or carelessly
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The old merchant called his nephew a scattergood for buying expensive clothes he couldn’t afford.
• She was known as a scattergood who would spend her entire paycheck in a single shopping trip.
• His reputation as a scattergood made it difficult for him to find anyone willing to lend him money.
• The family fortune was quickly depleted by the scattergood heir.
• Despite warnings from his advisors, the young lord remained a scattergood until bankruptcy forced him to change.