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Meanings of
squander
(squandering)
in English
Portuguese
desperdiçar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
arrojar
Back to the meaning
Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
blow
waste
conserve
Portuguese
desperdiçar
Portuguese
esbanjar
Catalan
dilapidar
Spanish
malgastar
Back to the meaning
Spend extravagantly.
consume
ware
Portuguese
esbanjar
Usage of
squandering
in English
1
Has anybody said sorry to shareholders for this
squandering
of company resources?
2
The Fine Gael leader accused the Government of
squandering
the economic boom.
3
He was in the process of
squandering
it when he met Brimstone'.
4
Freedom to earn your own money, while
squandering
that of your husbands?
5
England had not made things any easier for themselves by
squandering
chances.
6
He was still
squandering
far too much time on the other two.
7
Very affable, she gave value to her affability by not
squandering
it.
8
A strong lesson to hinder any one from
squandering
away his patrimony.
9
Instead of two successive outbursts of
squandering
,
there would be only one.
10
These men had no horror of
squandering
a nickel, or many nickels.
11
Had I not better set about
squandering
what is left of it?
12
So, instead, Edwards sat there, perched on the fence,
squandering
his leverage.
13
And I'm going to stop
squandering
money for things I don't want.
14
He has derailed Iran's economy,
squandering
record oil profits and paralysing the banks.
15
Her days are spent
squandering
the money given to her by older men.
16
Utilities are usually better off selling more electricity, so benefit from
energy
-
squandering
consumers.
Other examples for "squandering"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
squandering
squander
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
squander money
squander public
squander chances
squander time
squander an opportunity
More collocations
Translations for
squandering
Portuguese
desperdiçar
esbanjar
Catalan
desgastar
gastar
dilapidar
Spanish
arrojar
desperdiciar
malgastar
consumir
gastar
Squandering
through the time
Squandering
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common