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ˈsquandered, ppl. a.
[f. squander v.]
1. Dispersed; scattered.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 329 This once select nation of God..is become now a scorned squandered people all the earth over. 1681Dryden Span. Friar i. i, Upon the Skirts Of Arragon our squander'd Troops he rallies. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 231 'Tis necessary that these squander'd Atoms should convene and unite. 1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 2) 118 Beckoning hints..That guide the squander'd covey home. 1883E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream of Leicestersh. 236 Six men were a quarter of a mile to the good of their squandered field.
2. Spent profusely or extravagantly.
1801Southey Thalaba i. xxxii, What was to him the squander'd wealth? 1851Helps Comp. Solit. x. 195 He sees what he might have done with the squandered resources.
transf.1897Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 2/3 Squandered love was never blessed. |