Definition of squander

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Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..

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Profuse :: Profuse (v. t.) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
Gamble :: Gamble (v. t.) To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Squandered; scattered.
Squandering :: Squandered (imp. & p. p.) of Squande.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
Square :: Squanderingly (adv.) In a squandering manner.
Squanderer :: Squander (n.) The act of squandering; waste.
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
Lavish :: Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction..
Squander :: Squander (v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Despend :: Despend (v. t.) To spend; to squander. See Dispend.
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices..
Squander :: Squandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squande.
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness..
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered..
Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
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