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

  • I have finally gotten around to using the word "squander".
  • That moment, the world was so on our side and we did kind of squander that.
  • 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:

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