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SQUANDERED
squandered, wasted
(adjective) not used to good advantage; “squandered money cannot be replaced”; “a wasted effort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
squandered
simple past tense and past participle of squander
Source: Wiktionary
SQUANDER
Squan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqvätta to squirt, sqvättra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. Rambler.
Syn.
– To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
Squan"der, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. Shak.
Squan"der, n.
Definition: The act of squandering; waste.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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