squandering

see definition of squandering

verbfritter away, use up

Synonyms for squandering

verb fritter away, use up

Antonyms for squandering

loss

noun. misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

losses

noun. misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

Word Origin & History

1580s (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in "Merchant of Venice" with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced January 1943 by the National Savings Committee. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.

Example Sentences forsquandering

You will succeed in getting hold of it and squandering it, one day or another.

Perhaps this was a mistake and a squandering of wealth and opportunities.

If he is drunken and worthless she may have him enjoined from squandering her property.

Very affable, she gave value to her affability by not squandering it.

May we ask where you've been in the habit of squandering your useful leisure?

But from this you must not imagine that I am fond of squandering.

I suppose he had talent, which he was squandering under the pretext of realism.

He had moreover been squandering money which had been settled on her by deed.

He was ashamed of Charity Coe, too, for squandering her prime and her pride.

His wife, a French lady, did her part in squandering her husband's wealth.

squandering

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extravagance

lavishness

loss

losses

misplacement

squandering

Synonyms for squandering

Antonyms for squandering

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extravagance

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