SQUANDERING

squandering

(noun) spending resources lavishly and wastefully; “more wasteful than the squandering of time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

squandering

present participle of squander

Noun

squandering (plural squanderings)

The act by which something is squandered; wastage.

Source: Wiktionary

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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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