to squander
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6.5
- verb
- /ˈskwɒndər/
:
malgastar
- It's easy to squander time on social media when you have deadlines to meet.
- squander opportunities
- squander money
- squander time
Because they squander their money recklessly.
- Because they squander their money recklessly.
- So America has tremendous faith in schooling, and we need to not squander it.
- I don't want you to give a billion dollars to your children and grandchildren which they will then squander in conspicuous consumption.
- Yeah, you come from a place where you've seen people with talent, you've seen people get opportunities, squander them, not capitalize on them.
- He knows, and every person on that court knows that we have a distinct separation of church and state and they're going to squander that.
Examples
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Public frustration with Washington is fueled by a sense that it has squandered opportunities to improve matters.
Academic text (2003) -
The boys' favorite was the candy shop, where they squandered much of their summer's earnings.
Fiction book (1992) -
But after eight years, the hard work of the British people is paying off and we will not squander their efforts.
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No field, no country, no society can afford to squander the talents of half of its population.
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Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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Because they squander their money recklessly.
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No one gains when the bishops choose to squander their moral authority.
Academic text (1993) -
I see greatness in you, and it's being squandered here.
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Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain.
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You have smarts, so don't squander it all chasing the mundane allures of money and comfort.
Synonyms
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1.0
To use or spend something carelessly and without good reason
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1.6
To spend time doing things that are not useful instead of doing something more useful
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5.3
To waste a lot of money on things you do not need
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4.4
Use up money or supplies quickly and wastefully
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9.5
To waste time or money by being careless
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4.9
Miss a good opportunity by making a mistake
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6.0
Waste time or money on small unimportant things
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3.5
Spend money on things you do not need
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6.8
To waste small amounts of time, money, or energy little by little
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7.0
To use money or energy in a foolish, wasteful way
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6.5
To spend time or money in a wasteful way
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6.9
To spend saved money quickly on things you do not need
To waste money or other things by being careless
To waste time, money, or chances by being careless
To spend money carelessly and waste it
Lose money, time, or effort by wasting it so it cannot be used
To waste time, money, or chances on things that do not matter
To spend time on things that are not useful
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word squander probably comes from an old northern European verb that meant 'to scatter' or 'to throw away'. Think of scatter as tossing coins like seeds: when you squander money or time you spread it away and lose it, so the word means to waste something by using it carelessly.