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Squander is defined as to be wasteful.

(verb)

An example of squander is taking a bite out of every piece in a shared box of chocolates until finding one you like.

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transitive verb

to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly

Origin: prob. a specialized use of dial. squander, to scatter, popularized after Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, I, iii, 22

intransitive verb

to be wasteful or extravagant

noun

Rare a squandering; extravagant expenditure

See squander in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders

To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste.
To fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for: squandered an opportunity to go to college.
Obsolete To scatter.

noun

Extravagant expenditure; prodigality.

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squanˈder·er noun

squanˈder·ing·ly adverb

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