Synonyms for squander

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skwon-der

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwɒn dər

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Définition of squander

Origin : 1580s (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in "Merchant of Venice" with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced January 1943 by the National Savings Committee. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.

verb fritter away, use up

Example sentences :

What then have you done with the sums given you from infancy to squander?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Then he'll get a kind of maggot in the brain, and squander every sixpence he can lay hands on.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

There's no fun in spendin' money, seems to me, unless you squander it reckless.
Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)

But now he was three years weaker, and he had no more money to squander.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

I also squander it on follies, but on follies of purely home growth.
Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

She is a splendid woman, and doesn't she just squander the shiners?
Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau

And though you did squander a big sum of money, it is evident that you did not lose your head.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

The insipid fellow will squander his money away, and will be ruined.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett

My anxiety is that I shall not squander my possession, now I have it.
Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter

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