Antonyms for misspent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : mis-spent

Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈspɛnt

Definition of misspent

Origin : also mis-spend, "to spend amiss or wastefully," late 14c.; see mis- (1) + spend. Related: Misspent, frequently coupled with youth; misspending.

adj wasted

Example sentences :

Pierre lives over again in swift review years of a misspent past.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

My time during the last three years will not have been misspent.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

They talked, a little soberly, of thrift, and of their misspent years.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

I am in hopes, when you shall have read them, you will not think I have misspent your money for them.
Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson

Had I the right to let her marry him when there lay behind him those misspent years?
Extract from : « The Secret of the Silver Car » by Wyndham Martyn

I never pass that way now without thanking God for a misspent youth.
Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas

I misspent my youth, and used to get the chaps to do my exercises.
Extract from : « The History of Pendennis » by William Makepeace Thackeray

With this sad story of a misspent and miserable life we have no more to do here.
Extract from : « Her Season in Bath » by Emma Marshall

He remembered his misspent permission, and the thought of it nauseated him.
Extract from : « Civilization » by Ellen Newbold La Motte

Under sentence of death they all testified great sorrow for the offences of their misspent lives.
Extract from : « Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences » by Arthur L. Hayward

Synonyms for misspent

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