misspend
IPA: mɪsspˈɛnd
verb
- To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
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Examples of "misspend" in Sentences
- Should Geinter have the power to seize community orgaizing groups if they misspend the money?
- They were at work making money to pay the taxes that this Administration has continued to misspend.
- Thus, taxes dedicated to particular programs can counteract the idea that government will misspend increased revenue.
- Mr. Obama said if his administration sees states misspend the money, then his words, "We're going to put a stop to it."
- There are people in our society that are willful drains on our economy, who choose not to work and misspend their welfare checks.
- Unlike the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, they haven't got millions to spend on marketing -- or misspend on lobbying, as the New York Times documented on Monday.
- The harder and more important question is why County institutions ignore early warnings, massively misspend, reward incompetence, and repeatedly prove unable to reverse dysfunction or enact even simple reforms like data sharing.
- The White House has kept in force a set of rules known as the Stafford Act. Under its guidance, rebuilding funds must be accompanied by a 10% match from local governments, on the theory that localities won't misspend if their money is also on the line.
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