MISSPENT

MISSPEND

misspend

(verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely

misspend

(verb) spend time badly or unwisely; “He misspent his youth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

misspent

Spent in a bad way, squandered

Verb

misspent

simple past tense and past participle of misspend

Source: Wiktionary


Mis*spent", imp. & p. p.

Definition: of Misspend.

MISSPEND

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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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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