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.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
noun
squanders
A squandering; extravagant expenditure.
Webster's New World

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

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