squander — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   wastelavishsplurgeslatherthrow awaymake ducks and drakes ofplay ducks and drakes withblow

   Contrari

   conservehoardsave

   Esempi

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   Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

   Altri esempi (3)

   I have squandered money enormously.... I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived.

   Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar.

   As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal.

2. To scatter; to disperse.

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   • obsoleto
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   Esempi

   […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]

3. To wander at random; to scatter.

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   • obsoleto
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   Esempi

   […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.

Verbo

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   Sinonimi

   wasteblow

   Termini più generali

   consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe outuseexpend

   Esempi

   He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

   You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree

2. spend extravagantly

   Sinonimi

   consumewasteware

   Termini più generali

   spendexpenddrop

   Esempi

   waste not, want not