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Meanings of squander (squandering) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "blow"
Examples for "blow"
1
And La Motte; at the first blow; was more than half successful.
2
It was a blow in the face; his own voice hardened then.
3
My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
4
The salt winds of the Channel blow in through the open ports.
5
He got in between the armour plates; first blow went to him.
1
In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
2
More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
3
Examples of action that can be taken include: -Household food waste.
4
Earlier this year China decided to stop taking any more foreign waste.
5
The economic crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and waste.
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.
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Translations for squandering
Portuguese
Squandering through the time
Squandering across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common