squandering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun spending resources lavishly and wastefully
    • more wasteful than the squandering of time
  2. verb spend thoughtlessly; throw away
    blow; waste; squander.
    • He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
    • You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
  3. verb spend extravagantly
    ware; waste; consume; squander.
    • waste not, want not

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