misspend
(verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely
misspend
(verb) spend time badly or unwisely; “He misspent his youth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
misspent
Spent in a bad way, squandered
misspent
simple past tense and past participle of misspend
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*spent", imp. & p. p.
Definition: of 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
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
