Word for money wasting

A person who wastes money could be called a ____.

I saw this article that made me want this word, I can’t believe governments are spending like 100x consumer price per unit.

Government workers are professional ______s.

I have considered «splurgers», but that seems more like throwing money around, and doesn’t have strong enough connotations of being wasteful.

Maybe a synonym for prodigal? It feels weird to me to use prodigal as a noun, even though it can be one. But I would definitely associate the word I want with a rich son showing off his wealth, like playboy style. Like the Batman Begins scene where Bruce Wayne rolls up to the hotel in his million-dollar car with his foreign escorts, and then buys the hotel so carelessly because he got told off that his escorts were bathing in the water fountain centrepiece.

I want a word that means, this is a person who spends lots of money, without caring at all about whether they are getting appropriate value for it. They expend no effort at all in fighting for a fair price or doing market research, they are happy to let themselves get conned, they don’t care at all if they’re being charged thousands of times production costs, they waste money like whatever.

Alternate Synonyms for “waste of money”: waste; wastefulness; dissipation.

What do you call someone who can’t stop spending money?

A spendthrift is some one who can not stop spending money.

Is wastefulness a word?

Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, waste.

What do you call someone who keeps buying things?

Compulsive buying disorder (CBD), or oniomania (from Greek ὤνιος ṓnios “for sale” and μανία manía “insanity”), is characterized by an obsession with shopping and buying behavior that causes adverse consequences.

How can we avoid wastefulness?

Eight Ways to Reduce Waste

1. Use a reusable bottle/cup for beverages on-the-go.
2. Use reusable grocery bags, and not just for groceries.
3. Purchase wisely and recycle.
4. Compost it!
5. Avoid single-use food and drink containers and utensils.
6. Buy secondhand items and donate used goods.

What does Exorbitance mean?

1 : an exorbitant action or procedure especially : excessive or gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety. 2 : the tendency or disposition to be exorbitant.

Is there a disorder for spending money?

Distinctions. Compulsive Buying Disorder is tightly associated with excessive or poorly managed urges related to the purchase of the items and spending of currency in any form; digital, mobile, credit or cash. Four phases have been identified in compulsive buying: anticipation, preparation, shopping, and spending.

Is shopping addiction a mental illness?

It’s described as the compulsion to spend money, regardless of need or financial means. While many people enjoy shopping as a treat or as a recreational activity, compulsive shopping is a mental health disorder and can cause severe consequences.

What is an example of unnecessary?

Not needed or necessary. The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary. The definition of unnecessary is not needed. An example of something unnecessary is a bowl of sugar for cooking meatballs.

Is Exorbitance a word?

the quality of being exorbitant; excessiveness. Sometimes ex·or·bi·tan·cy .

Is Overspending a mental illness?

Many of us overspend. So it can be tough to tell when spending is merely overdone, and when it’s truly out of control. Compulsive spending can land you in debt, wreck your relationships, and cause depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and other mental health problems.

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