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squander
Meaning: to waste money, time, or resources carelessly
squander in a sentence
How squander is used in real sentences:
He squandered his entire inheritance on risky investments within a year.
She refused to squander the scholarship money on things she didn't need.
“When a growing hermit crab had to relinquish its shell, it inspected three replacements, avoiding a hasty move that might squander the moisture stored around its gills.”
— from the passage A Basin Between Tides
Synonyms for squander
Other words for squander — waste and dissipate — carry the same meaning.
- waste
- dissipate
Antonyms of squander
Words that mean the opposite of squander:
- conserve
- save
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain, first recorded in 16th-century English meaning 'to scatter'
Memory hook
SQUANDER sounds like 'SQUANDER it in a WANDER' — you wander around wasting your money aimlessly.