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verb

Squander v. t. (past & past part. squandered; pres. part. squandering)

To scatter; to disperse. (Obs.) "Our squandered troops he rallies."

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."

Synonyms: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.

Squander v. i.

To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. "They often squandered, but they never gave."

To wander at random; to scatter. (R.) "The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool."

noun

Squander n. The act of squandering; waste.

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... bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while, The used key is always bright, as poor Richard says. But, Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that, The sleeping fox catches no poultry; and that, There will be sleeping in the ...

— How to Get on in the World - A Ladder to Practical Success • Major A.R. Calhoon

... duties have been revealed, through the conscience of society, to have a divine sanction. The very stability of our society rests upon production and conservation. For individuals or for governments to waste and squander their resources is to deny these rights and disregard these obligations. The result of economic dissipation to a nation ...

— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various

... may be advanced in favor of games at chess and back-gammon, as exercises in mental gymnastics, and of playing cards as affording pleasant diversion for mixed parties, the diligent tourist, like the industrious student, should not squander much of his ...

— The Youthful Wanderer - An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany • George H. Heffner

... much: but, over the greater part of the world, other peasantry work too hard; though they can scarcely be said to deny themselves too much; since all their labour for others brings them no surplus to squander upon self-indulgence. ...

— Logic - Deductive and Inductive • Carveth Read

... young men squander their substance and become poor; but a nephew of theirs, returning home in desperation, falleth in with an abbot and findeth him to be the king's daughter of England, who taketh him to husband and maketh good all his uncles' losses, restoring ...

— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

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