as in wasteful
given to spending money freely or foolishly
the nightclub's ridiculous prices seem geared to squandering revelers with more money than sense
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as in spending
to use up carelessly
squandered all her money gambling in casinos
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as in dispersing
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
a single blast of the shotgun squandered the herd of deer
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Recent Examples of squandering
Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
Advertisement The Chargers were held scoreless in the second half Sunday for the second consecutive game while squandering a 10-7 halftime lead again.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squandering
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Replacing drugs that are still effective is wasteful and expensive.Keren Landman, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Holmes likes the sharp stainless steel blades and the overall design which is a little less wasteful than most other disposables.Marci Robin, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
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The agency takes the average inflation rate over that period from what's known as the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, which tracks spending by working Americans.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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But a series of events in the last year have brought them closer to their goal after spending 34 years behind bars.Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Both are refillable and have an airless pump so it can be applied at any angle while dispersing the perfect amount of product.Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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That includes not just dispersing the cast, but shocking the audience with twists that seem outside the series’ purview, like when trader Rishi’s (Sagar Radia) loan shark suddenly shoots his wife in the head, instantly killing her.Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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For stock investors, surging yields due to fiscal profligacy (as opposed to strong economic growth) would likely weigh on the stock market.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Getty Images These extremely high public debt burdens are not due to fiscal profligacy.Courtney Lindsay, WIRED, 13 July 2024
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In fact, in this place of supposed healing, Wojnicz begins to notice a certain strange dissipation, as if no one were actually getting better at all.Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
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It’s also wrapped in a breathable cover that helps with heat dissipation.Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Both men have lifted its iconic big-eared trophy once a piece, with Alexander-Arnold also losing two UCL finals in 2018 and 2022 to his prospective new employers.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Browns-Commanders Washington ‘commanded’ little betting interest to start the season, and even less after losing their opening game at Tampa Bay, 37-20.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Although aimed at improving engagement, an overabundance of irrelevant messages leads to diminished interest and wastage of valuable resources.Harshit Jain, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Minimize Energy Waste Energy is a precious resource; hotels and resorts must take a minute look at their energy consumption to eliminate wastage.Shrikant Dash, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Both are experiments in light—the former considering how a profusion of illuminated rooms and cars had reshaped the Manhattan sky, the latter mulling how a gigantic boulder can turn a sunny landscape dark.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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By Judy Berman September 5, 2024 12:40 PM EDT What more could possibly be left to say about TV’s post-Big Little Lies profusion of glossy domestic thrillers?Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Squandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squandering. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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