transitive verb
-·spent′, -·spend′ing to spend improperly or wastefully
misspend
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misspend
transitive verb
mis·spent, mis·spend·ing, mis·spendsTo spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present misspends, present participle misspending, simple past and past participle misspent)
Origin
mis- +"Ž spend
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