spendthrift

noun
UK /ˈspɛndθrɪft/
US /ˈspɛndθrɪft/

A spendthrift is a person who spends money carelessly and wastes it.

My uncle is such a spendthrift that he buys a new car every year.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Wasteful or extravagant with money.

His spendthrift habits left him with no savings.

3. Characterized by careless and wasteful spending.

The spendthrift lifestyle of the rich and famous often ends in debt.

4. A person who spends lavishly and imprudently.

She was a spendthrift who never saved a penny.