Squander definition

skwŏndər
squandered squandering squanders
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To be wasteful or extravagant.
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To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate.
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To fail to take advantage of.

Squandered an opportunity to go to college.

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To spend or use wastefully or extravagantly.
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(archaic) To scatter.
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Extravagant expenditure; prodigality.
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(rare) A squandering; extravagant expenditure.
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Squander is defined as to be wasteful.

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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To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
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To wander at random; to scatter.
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Origin of squander

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash") (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt"), Norwegian bokmÃ¥l skvette.

    From Wiktionary

Squander Sentence Examples

  • It's so easy to squander valuable time browsing social media.

  • In spite of his somewhat extravagant living, he left an ample fortune to his spendthrift son, who did his best to squander it as soon as possible.

  • Do not squander the time you have for the test because there are many questions to answer.

  • When you go to Las Vegas, try not to squander your money in the casinos. Go see a show!

  • Amelia tried her hardest not to squander her attention on people that would not return it.

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