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squandered::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wasted |
squandered money cannot be replaced.
Examples of squandered
squandered
The city famously squandered its chance for a citywide system several years ago.
From the sfgate.com
An estimated private sector investment of $30 to $35 billion will be squandered.
From the ecocentric.blogs.time.com
Last year, the Chicago Cubs squandered home-field advantage against the Dodgers.
From the dailynews.com
How many acres of newsprint were squandered on her teenage daughter's pregnancy?
From the fresnobee.com
Sacramento County has squandered public trust by being secretive about pensions.
From the sacbee.com
As they had throughout the series, the Kings gained and squandered a large lead.
From the orlandosentinel.com
On Monday, they squandered an eight-point lead in the fourth quarter at Houston.
From the sacbee.com
They squandered a windfall and now depict themselves as victims of circumstance.
From the ocregister.com
Another very promising source of fresh cells for sick people is also squandered.
From the nytimes.com
- Waste: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
- Consume: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
- (squandered) not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"
- (squandering) spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
- Squander (written as "$QUANDER" on the box and in the rules) is an Avalon Hill board game published in 1965. It is based loosely on the game Monopoly, but in reverse. As in Monopoly, players roll dice and move around a board, encountering opportunities to make financial decisions. ...
- To waste, lavish, splurge
- (to) spend(s) extravagantly or foolishly
