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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
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