to dissipate

Examples

• All

• But in doing so, it bankrupted its economy and dissipated its political capital.

  Academic text (2002)

• He tends to dissipate his allowance on unnecessary gadgets instead of saving for college.

• However, a variety of different options are available to help dissipate this financial burden.

  Academic text (2017)

• Otherwise, the going concern value of the debtor may dissipate before the plan is confirmed.

  Academic text (2017)

• But it is all too easy to dissipate energy in conversation, spending irreplaceable writing time talking about writing rather than doing it.

  Academic text (2008)

• However, in four years, he managed to almost entirely dissipate whatever advantage he had over his Republican challengers.

  Blog text (8)

• By the mid-1980s, the momentum of health care improvement had finally dissipated.

  Academic text (1993)

• The potential clout was dissipated because these business consumers were divided about the benefits of auctioning or otherwise selling allowances.

  Academic text (2010)

• State intervention on behalf of CANACINTRA stymied the dissidents' challenge; however, ANIT's ambitions of displacing CANACINTRA quickly dissipated.

  Academic text (2000)

• If she continues to dissipate her energy on trivial tasks, she won't finish her project on time.

Synonyms

S

to spend

vsto dissipate

∞ 1.0

To give money to buy something or pay for services

means wasteful spending rather than planned or necessary use

W

to waste

vsto dissipate

∞ 1.0

To use or spend something carelessly and without good reason

adds a sense of foolishness or needless use rather than neutral use

B

to burn

vsto dissipate

191 3.2

To use up money, energy, or other resources

implies wasteful or foolish use rather than neutral consumption

D

to drain

vsto dissipate

189 3.4

To slowly use up energy, money, or other resources

adds the idea of foolish or wasteful spending rather than simple reduction

C

to consume

vsto dissipate

172 3.2

To use up resources until none are left

carries extra sense of wastefulness or foolishness rather than neutral use

U

to use up

vsto dissipate

69 2.7

To finish all of something so nothing is left

implies needless or foolish use rather than merely complete consumption

E

to exhaust

vsto dissipate

68 3.7

To use up all of a supply or resource

focuses more on foolish or wasteful spending rather than total use

S

to squander

vsto dissipate

67 6.5

To use money, time, or chances in a foolish way

focuses more on spending carelessly rather than neutral use

E

to expend

vsto dissipate

50 5.0

To use money, time, or energy for a purpose

suggests wasteful or foolish use instead of purposeful spending

R

to run through

vsto dissipate

16 4.4

Use up money or supplies quickly and wastefully

can be slower or less sudden rather than rapid consumption

D

to deplete

vsto dissipate

13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

adds that the use is done foolishly or without good reason

F

to fritter away

vsto dissipate

4 6.0

Waste time or money on small unimportant things

covers the same waste but can include quicker or larger losses

T

to throw money away

vsto dissipate

4 3.5

Spend money on things you do not need

is broader, applying to money or other resources being wasted

F

to fritter

vsto dissipate

4 6.8

To waste small amounts of time, money, or energy little by little

is broader, applying to larger or faster wasteful use

W

to waste energy

vsto dissipate

2 3.5

Use time or effort in a way that achieves little

focuses on wasting money or energy rather than unproductive effort

D

to drain resources

vsto dissipate

2 4.6

To use up the money or help someone needs

can be wasteful but often stresses continuous consumption rather than folly

M

to misspend

vsto dissipate

1 6.5

To spend time or money in a wasteful way

carries same foolishness but stresses money or energy loss

M

to make ducks and drakes

vsto dissipate

• Archaic

9.9

To waste money or other things by being careless

is similar but uses neutral language without idiom

F

to fool away

vsto dissipate

8.1

To waste time, money, or chances by being careless

is more about foolish spending of money or energy specifically

L

to leach energy

vsto dissipate

• UK

7.4

To slowly take away energy and interest from people

describes active wasteful spending of resources rather than passive draining

W

to waste one's time

vsto dissipate

3.3

To spend time on things that are not useful

relates more to wasting physical or financial resources rather than time only

Antonyms

I

to invest

715 3.5

To put money, time, or effort into something hoping for a future benefit

S

to save

644 1.0

Use less of something to avoid waste

How Wasteful

to squander

67 6.5

to dissipate

3 7.0

waste

469 1.2

to spend

∞ 1.0

to save

644 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology