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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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It made me also angry with myself to think that I should have no more wit but to trifle away my time till my soul and heaven were lost.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

We must do our own share in keeping away from the danger, and not trifle away the strength we ask for.

From More About Peggy by Unknown

Otherwise we waste time and trifle away vital energy.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Swing just a trifle away from the straight line outwards, and the moment you come back on to the ball draw the club sharply across it.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry

How am I to bring up my children if I trifle away my time?

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

trifle away

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