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trifle away

VERB

dissipate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deplete use up

STRONG

blow consume dump lavish misspend misuse squander waste

WEAK

be wasteful with burn up fritter away indulge oneself kiss goodbye run through throw away

Antonyms

STRONG

build hoard save starve

WEAK

accumulate appear collect gather

VERB

fritter away

Synonyms

WEAK

blow deplete diddle away dissipate fribble away fritter gamble away misspend run through spend foolishly squander throw away

VERB

waste

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blow consume deplete dissipate divert drain exhaust lavish lose misuse squander undermine

STRONG

atrophy corrode crumble debilitate decay decline decrease disable disappear droop ebb emaciate empty enfeeble fade gnaw misapply perish sap sink splurge thin wane wear wilt wither

WEAK

be of no avail burn up eat away fritter away frivol away gamble away go to waste misemploy pour down the drain run dry run through throw away wear out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accumulate collect fill gather hoard maintain save starve succeed

STRONG

aid assist bloom build develop grow help improve increase raise rise strengthen

WEAK

create preserve

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You succeed in nothing, sir; unstable as water, you trifle away all existence.

From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 by Various

Suppers please me extremely; I love to rise and breakfast late, and to trifle away the day as I like.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

What a fool he had been to trifle away his time till his soul and heaven were lost!”

From The Life of John Bunyan by Venables, Edmund

God will give us all the time we need to accomplish all he purposes us to accomplish, but he does not give us one moment to trifle away.

From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert

Just as I got into the woods, he came up and told me to stop my cart, and that he would teach me how to trifle away my time, and break gates.

From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Douglass, Frederick

trifle away

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