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Meanings of squander in English

Portuguese
desperdiçar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
arrojar

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.

desperdiçar
Portuguese
esbanjar
Catalan
dilapidar
Spanish
malgastar

Spend extravagantly.

esbanjar
Usage of squander in English
1
It's certainly not a day to squander resources you don't really have!
The South African
2
Let Edith squander her money on frills, the more expensive the better.
His Family
3
She wasn't about to forget that and endlessly squander a precious resource.
Sagittarius Is Bleeding
4
She knows we have money and could squander it if we chose.
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
5
His own life was his to lose: others he must not squander.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
6
You should think twice before you squander it on your grandiose dreams.
The Irish Times
7
Then our children and our servants will squander our money for us.
All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
8
Look after your mother, but don't let her squander the family fortune.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
9
All he would do was to squander what they left behind them.
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
10
She is a splendid woman, and doesn't she just squander the shiners?
Caught in the Net
11
Yet, for all our love of life, how unprofitably we squander it!
Modern Saints and Seers
12
Fine masters these-masterswho grudge one a groat, and squander a rouble!
Through Russia
13
You can't squander a situation that allows for socially acceptable mayhem.
The football fan's manifesto
14
I only hope that we will seize this opportunity rather than squander it.
The Guardian
15
Question the belief that time is a commodity, to spend, squander or save.
The Guardian
16
Plenty of talent but forever finding new ways to squander it.
The Irish Times
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Translations for squander
Squander through the time
Squander across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common