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verb
- 1. waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner: "entrepreneurs squander their profits on expensive cars"
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The meaning of SQUANDER is to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste. How to use squander in a sentence.
SQUANDER definition: 1. to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: 2…. Learn more.
To squander means to spend extravagantly, thoughtlessly, or wastefully. If you need to save for college, don't squander your income on nightly sushi dinners. Squander used to mean scatter, and the way we use it now implies throwing something (like money) all over the place.
Squander definition: to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).. See examples of SQUANDER used in a sentence.
SQUANDER meaning: 1. to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage: 2…. Learn more.
1. to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. 2. an obsolete word for scatter. noun. 3. rare. extravagance or dissipation.
squander something (on somebody/something) to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way He squandered all his money on gambling. She squandered her chances of winning.
1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. To fail to take advantage of: squandered an opportunity to go to college. 3. Archaic To scatter. n. Extravagant expenditure; prodigality. [ Origin unknown .] squan′der·er n. squan′der·ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A complete guide to the word "SQUANDER": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Noun. Filter. verb. squandered, squandering, squanders. To be wasteful or extravagant. Webster's New World. To spend or use wastefully or extravagantly. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To fail to take advantage of. Squandered an opportunity to go to college. American Heritage. To scatter. American Heritage.
