HyperDic: squandering

English > 1 sense of the word squandering:
NOUNactsquanderingspending resources lavishly and wastefully
squandering > pronunciation
Soundsskwaa'nderihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > squandering: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningspending resources lavishly and wastefully.
Example"more wasteful than the squandering of time"
Narrowersquandermaniaprodigious squandering (usually by a government)
Broaderwaste, wastefulness, dissipationuseless or profitless activity
Spanishdispendio, mal empleo
Catalandilapidació, dispendi
Verbssquanderspend extravagantly

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