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squander

(skwɒndəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense squanders, present participle squandering, past tense, past participle squandered
verb
If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.
Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices. [VERB noun + on]
He had squandered his chances to win. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: waste, spend, fritter away, blow [slang] More Synonyms of squander

squander in British English

(ˈskwɒndə)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate
2.  an obsolete word for scatter
noun
3.  rare
extravagance or dissipation
Derived forms
squanderer (ˈsquanderer)
noun
Word origin
C16: of unknown origin

squander in American English

(ˈskwɑndər)
verb transitive
1. 
to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly
verb intransitive
2. 
to be wasteful or extravagant
noun
3.  Rare
a squandering; extravagant expenditure
Word origin
prob. a specialized use of dial. squander, to scatter, popularized after Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, I, iii, 22

Examples of 'squander' in a sentence
squander

Instead they are fourth and have squandered five points which could prove decisive in the end.
The Sun (2015)
Those who dearly wish to see the public sector succeed are raising hell about squandered public money.
The Sun (2007)
Villas-Boas looked ready to explode as he sensed another squandered opportunity.
The Sun (2012)
They are the ones guilty of squandering money.
The Sun (2013)
The two sides cannot afford to squander the current opportunity presented by the transatlantic trade deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is well documented that billions of taxpayers money is squandered by incompetent civil servants.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He also risks squandering his opportunity to be remembered as a genuine reformer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered.
The Sun (2008)
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We must not squander the opportunity to make the most of this wave of enthusiasm for all kinds of sports.
The Sun (2012)
He looked to have timed it right but the horse squandered his opportunity with a ponderous jump at the last.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But they squandered two golden second-half openings.
The Sun (2009)
It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So could the millions squandered in Europe.
The Sun (2012)
So, what do they squander their millions on?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An audit found that nearly 4 million had been squandered.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
When police are making cuts, to squander money like this is a scandal.
The Sun (2010)
Wanderers have now squandered 24 points from winning positions and are only three points above the relegation zone.
The Sun (2013)
The Bulgaria striker squandered two glorious chances either side of the interval and those misses summed up a miserable season.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
MK Dons will feel they squandered two points in their fight to climb away from relegation trouble.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Scotland took their few chances; Australia squandered their many.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The England star hit the post twice as he squandered 12 points in a kicking horror show.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
squander

British English: squander /ˈskwɒndə/ VERB
If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.
She squandered huge sums of money on clothes and jewels.
  • American English: squander
  • Arabic: يُبَدِّدُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desperdiçar
  • Chinese: 浪费
  • Croatian: potratiti
  • Czech: plýtvat
  • Danish: klatte væk
  • Dutch: verspillen
  • European Spanish: despilfarrar
  • Finnish: tuhlata törsätä
  • French: dilapider
  • German: vergeuden
  • Greek: χαραμίζω
  • Italian: sperperare
  • Japanese: 浪費する
  • Korean: 낭비하다
  • Norwegian: sløse
  • Polish: roztrwonić
  • European Portuguese: desperdiçar
  • Romanian: a risipi
  • Russian: расточать
  • Latin American Spanish: despilfarrar
  • Swedish: slösa bort
  • Thai: ใช้จ่ายสุรุ่ยสุร่าย
  • Turkish: boşa harcamak
  • Ukrainian: розтринькувати
  • Vietnamese: lãng phí

Chinese translation of 'squander'

squander

(ˈskwɔndəʳ)

vt

  1. [money, resources] 浪费(費) (làngfèi)
(verb) 
Definition
to waste (money or resources)
He had squandered his chances to win.
Synonyms
waste
We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
spend
My stepson was spending money like it grew on trees.
fritter away
blow (slang)
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.
consume
Some refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than the least efficient models.
scatter
run through
lavish
throw away
misuse
The committee has cleared leaders of misusing funds.
dissipate
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
expend
misspend
be prodigal with
frivol away
spend like water
Opposites
keep
,
save
,
be frugal
,
be thrifty
,
store
,
economize
,
put aside for a rainy day

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blow
Definition
to spend (money) freely
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.
Synonyms
spend,
waste,
squander,
consume,
run through,
use up,
dissipate,
fritter away
in the sense of consume
Definition
to use up
Some refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than the least efficient models.
Synonyms
use up,
use,
spend,
waste,
employ,
absorb,
drain,
exhaust,
deplete,
squander,
utilize,
dissipate,
expend,
eat up,
fritter away
in the sense of dissipate
Definition
to waste or squander
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
Synonyms
squander,
spend,
waste,
consume,
run through,
deplete,
expend,
fritter away,
misspend,
exhaust,
consume,
scatter

Nearby words of
squander

  • squall
  • squally
  • squalor
  • squander
  • square
  • square something up
  • square up to something or someone

Synonyms of 'squander'

squander

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of misuse
The committee has cleared leaders of misusing funds.
Synonyms
waste,
squander,
dissipate,
embezzle,
misappropriate
in the sense of spend
Definition
to use up completely
My stepson was spending money like it grew on trees.
Synonyms
use up,
waste,
squander,
blow (slang),
empty,
drain,
exhaust,
consume,
run through,
deplete,
dissipate,
fritter away
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