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verb
- 1. waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner: "£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax"
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to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun. Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wasting. boondoggle. dissipate. dissipation.
to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun. Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wasting. boondoggle. dissipate. dissipation.
verb. squan· der ˈskwän-dər. squandered; squandering ˈskwän-d (ə-)riŋ. Synonyms of squander. transitive verb. 1. : to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste. squandered a fortune. 2. : to cause to disperse : scatter. 3. : to lose (something, such as an advantage or opportunity) through negligence or inaction. intransitive verb.
to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away ). Synonyms: lavish, dissipate, waste. Antonyms: save. to scatter. noun. extravagant or wasteful expenditure. squander. / ˈskwɒndə / verb. to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. an obsolete word for scatter.
to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun. Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wasting.
1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. To fail to take advantage of: squandered an opportunity to go to college. 3. Archaic To scatter. n. Extravagant expenditure; prodigality. [ Origin unknown .] squan′der·er n. squan′der·ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
To squander means to spend extravagantly, thoughtlessly, or wastefully. If you need to save for college, don't squander your income on nightly sushi dinners. Squander used to mean scatter, and the way we use it now implies throwing something (like money) all over the place. You can squander time as well as money.
squander something (on somebody/something) to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way. He squandered all his money on gambling. She squandered her chances of winning. He just squandered his talent. The company squandered millions on two dead-end projects.
Jul 16, 2024 · Definitions of. squandered. adjective. not used to good advantage. “ squandered money cannot be replaced”. synonyms: wasted. lost. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered.
verb. squandered, squandering, squanders. To be wasteful or extravagant. Webster's New World. To spend or use wastefully or extravagantly. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To fail to take advantage of. Squandered an opportunity to go to college. American Heritage. To scatter. American Heritage. To wander at random; to scatter. Wiktionary.
