squander — İngilizce Sözlük

Fiil

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

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   • geçişli

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   wastelavishsplurgeslatherthrow awaymake ducks and drakes ofplay ducks and drakes withblow

   Zıt anlamlılar

   conservehoardsave

   Örnekler

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

   Diğer örnekler (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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   • kullanımdan kalkmış
   • geçişli

   Örnekler

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

3. To wander at random; to scatter.

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   • geçişli

   Örnekler

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

Fiil

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   wasteblow

   Daha genel terimler

   consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe outuseexpend

   Örnekler

   He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

   You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree

2. spend extravagantly

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   consumewasteware

   Daha genel terimler

   spendexpenddrop

   Örnekler

   waste not, want not