1. people who spend money carelessly or wastefully
Usage: plural form

Examples

• The young spendthrifts blew through their inheritance in just two years.
• Her parents worried she would become one of those spendthrifts who never saves for the future.
• The financial advisor specialized in helping reformed spendthrifts create budgets.
• Many lottery winners become spendthrifts and end up broke within a few years.
• The company’s spendthrifts in management led to massive budget overruns.
• She called her roommates spendthrifts after they spent their rent money on designer clothes.