Synonyms for misspent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mis-spent |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈspɛnt |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for misspent
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