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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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SQUANDER definition: 1. to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of SQUANDER is to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste. How to use squander in a sentence. to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste; to cause to disperse : scatter…
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.
If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. She squandered huge sums of money on clothes and jewels. American English : squander / sˈkwɒndər /
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.
Squander definition: to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).. See examples of SQUANDER used in a sentence.
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.
1. to spend or use extravagantly or wastefully. 2. to scatter. n. 3. extravagant or wasteful expenditure.
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. Synonyms: blow. waste. ware. consume. spend. scatter. misuse. extravagance. lavish. fritter.
SQUANDER definition: to waste time, money, etc: . Learn more.
