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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: squander
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: squander
squander
v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
“He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends”;
“You squandered the
opportunity to get and advanced degree” [syn:
waste,
blow]
[ant:
conserve]
2: spend extravagantly;
“waste not, want not” [syn:
consume,
waste,
ware]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Squander
Squander
\Squan"der\, n.
The act of squandering; waste.
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Squander
\Squan"der\ (skw[o^]n"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Squandered (-d[~e]rd); 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.]
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Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
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2. 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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The crime of squandering health is equal to the
folly. --Rambler.
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Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
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Squander
\Squan"der\, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
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They often squandered, but they never gave.
--Savage.
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2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.]
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The wise man's folly is anatomized
Even by squandering glances of the fool. --Shak.
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