misspend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spend time badly or unwisely
    • He misspent his youth
  2. verb spend (money or other resources) unwisely

WordNet

Mis*spend" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Misspent ; present participle & verbal noun Misspending
Definitions
  1. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.

Webster 1913