Squander Definition

skwŏndər
squandered, squandering, squanders
verb
squandered, squandering, squanders
To be wasteful or extravagant.
Webster's New World
To spend or use wastefully or extravagantly.
Webster's New World
To fail to take advantage of.
Squandered an opportunity to go to college.
American Heritage
To scatter.
American Heritage
To wander at random; to scatter.
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noun
squanders
A squandering; extravagant expenditure.
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Origin of Squander

  • Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash") (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt"), Norwegian bokmÃ¥l skvette.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Squander Sentence Examples

  • It's so easy to squander valuable time browsing social media.

  • In spite of his somewhat extravagant living, he left an ample fortune to his spendthrift son, who did his best to squander it as soon as possible.

  • Do not squander the time you have for the test because there are many questions to answer.

  • Amelia tried her hardest not to squander her attention on people that would not return it.

  • When you go to Las Vegas, try not to squander your money in the casinos. Go see a show!

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Words Starting With

SSQSQU

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RERDER

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