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Improvident Optimist Crossword Clue

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99%15Exact Match!
noun

• fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist

35%8 Excessive and improvident in spending
noun

• a recklessly extravagant consumer

adjective satellite

• recklessly wasteful

35%14 Being improvident
noun

• the trait of wasting resources

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