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Antonyms for squandering

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skwon-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwɒn dər

Definition of squandering

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 :
  • You will succeed in getting hold of it and squandering it, one day or another.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • Perhaps this was a mistake and a squandering of wealth and opportunities.
  • Extract from : « A Gold Hunter's Experience » by Chalkley J. Hambleton
  • If he is drunken and worthless she may have him enjoined from squandering her property.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Very affable, she gave value to her affability by not squandering it.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France
  • May we ask where you've been in the habit of squandering your useful leisure?
  • Extract from : « The Second Mrs. Tanqueray » by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
  • But from this you must not imagine that I am fond of squandering.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV » by Charles L. Graves
  • I suppose he had talent, which he was squandering under the pretext of realism.
  • Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime
  • He had moreover been squandering money which had been settled on her by deed.
  • Extract from : « A Book of the West. Volume I Devon » by S. Baring-Gould
  • He was ashamed of Charity Coe, too, for squandering her prime and her pride.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • His wife, a French lady, did her part in squandering her husband's wealth.
  • Extract from : « The Jews of Barnow » by Karl Emil Franzos

Synonyms for squandering

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