单词 | misexpense |
释义 | misexpensen. Now rare. Wasteful or wrongful expenditure (of time or money). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrong expenditure (of time, money, etc.) misspendingc1390 misdispense1450 misspense1591 misexpense1605 misexpendinga1644 dispendium1648 misexpenditure1795 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 32 Lesse should I waile their mis-expence [1641 misse-expence] of leasure, If [etc.]. 1627 Beggers Ape sig. C 2 b O wretched end of idle vanity, Of misexpence and Prodigality. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) viii. (ad fin.) This fruitlesse hower's misexpence. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. i. sig. Ii6v I will not be forward to condemn him of a mis-expence. 2001 www.gov.mb.ca 16 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) Now, certainly that is a total misappropriation and misexpense of public money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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