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Definition of Squandered

Squandered
Squander Squan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
Squander
Squander Squan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
Squander
Squander Squan"der, n. The act of squandering; waste.

Meaning of Squandered from wikipedia

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- history of Hollywood. He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection...
- grandfather, Callias I, and from his grandson, Callias III, who apparently squandered the family's fortune. Born to the wealthy Athenian family that provided...
- and was a box office disappointment, with critics opining that the film squandered its encouraging premise and misused its four female leads. Cody, Anita...
- 2024. Kumar, Akshay (4 July 2024). "7/G Movie Review: A promising start squandered by poor writing and execution". Cinema Express. Archived from the original...
- Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via YouTube. Fry, Naomi (April 4, 2021). "The Squandered Promise of Chet Hanks's White-Boy Summer". The New Yorker. Retrieved May...
- grown increasingly reliant on mercenaries. Previous emperors had also squandered the large gold deposits of Constantinople, so the defense of the empire...