An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MISSPEND
misspend
(verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely
misspend
(verb) spend time badly or unwisely; “He misspent his youth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
misspend (third-person singular simple present misspends, present participle misspending, simple past and past participle misspent)
To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*spend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspent; p. pr. & vb. n. Misspending.]
Definition: To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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