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Squander Moderate

Squander has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

2

spend extravagantly

"waste not, want not"

3

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

Example Sentences
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends" verb
"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" verb
"waste not, want not" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
husband
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
use spend
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
burn drink fritter luxuriate lavish overspend splurge
Rhyming Words
der ider oder eder cder hoder alder nader under udder loder inder seder wider moder coder order cnder odder cyder
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