squander
IPA: skwˈɑndɝ
verb
- To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
- (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
- (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.
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Examples of "squander" in Sentences
- She is squandering water.
- Don't squander your right to vote.
- Crystal Palace squander chance to go top.
- The goodwill is yours to nurture or squander.
- Let's not squander this opportunity to elect 'an Obama'.
- He double faulted to squander one chance to end the match.
- I have finally gotten around to using the word "squander".
- But the Braves would squander the chances to bring DeRosa in.
- But, they would squander the lead for the third consecutive game.
- But the Oilers squandered a three goal lead after the second period.
- That moment, the world was so on our side and we did kind of squander that.
- Collective value is squandered in the name of a constricted definition of gain.
- Because, without us (the Good People), injury victims "squander" their personal injury settlements.
- To DW-S's mind, the economy is turning around, and now we have to worry that the new House majority will "squander" it.
- Gordon Brown launched a new assault on excessive pay today with plans to name and shame bodies that "squander" public funds on huge salaries.
- I was already sketching mental notes for my optimistic space exploration trilogy, so I didn't want to "squander" ideas for the novel by shoehorning them into a shorter piece.
- Will we see Brown bite the bullet and push for this referendum, or will we see him once again squander the chance for proper reform, reform that the Liberal Democrat’s have been calling for well before the expense scandal?
- "Bush cover-up of torture bad, Obama cover-up of torture a good and necessary measure to save precious American lives." now being warned by his generals not to "squander" with his plans for pulling out some troops and leaving behind tens of thousands of others: