squandered

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It’s not only that he squandered a decent beginning, but that he revealed how far he has fallen from the thoughtful young man who once had something original to say.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Six match points were squandered in a quarter-final defeat by Hailey Baptiste in Madrid in April, before she let a set and a break lead slip against Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea in Rome.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘I am her scapegoat’: My mother-in-law squandered all her money.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It is hard to imagine Tom Smith surrounded by the artificialities of show business, standing in a glitzy showring, loosing horses to run in chaotic sprints, and not think that something precious was being squandered.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand