squandermania

Examples

• All

• The recent audit uncovered widespread squandermania in the allocation of public funds.

• The opposition party accused the government of squandermania in its latest budget.

• Critics warn that unchecked squandermania could harm the nation's economic future.

• The recent budget cuts are a result of squandermania in the previous administration.

• Many citizens are frustrated by the squandermania of their government.

• Public protests erupted after reports of squandermania in the government's spending habits.

• Experts attribute the town's financial crisis to years of squandermania by local officials.

Synonyms

E

extravagance

vssquandermania

7 6.8

Spending a lot of money in a wasteful way

is applied to huge public or state spending, not just private excess

P

profligacy

vssquandermania

• Formal

3 9.8

A very wasteful use of money or things that shows little care about cost

is focused on very large or public losses rather than private excesses

W

wastefulness

vssquandermania

1 4.6

Using money or things carelessly in a way that causes extra loss

is concentrated on large public loss instead of general inefficient use

S

squandering

vssquandermania

1 7.2

Using valuable things like time or money in a wasteful way

is extreme, large-scale waste usually involving public funds or government action

P

prodigality

vssquandermania

1 9.9

Spending a lot of money in a wasteful, careless way

is used for very large public waste rather than ordinary private overspending

S

spendthriftiness

vssquandermania

9.2

A habit of wasting money by buying things you do not need

is specifically about mass or governmental waste rather than individual habits

How Wasteful

squandermania

• Literature

9.9

profligacy

• Formal

3 9.8

squandering

1 7.2

dissipation

1 7.7

waste

469 1.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology