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to squander
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to waste or misuse something valuable, such as money, time, or opportunities
Transitive: to squander a resource | to squander a resource on something unnecessary
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
squander
3rd person singular
squanders
Present participle
squandering
Past simple
squandered
Past participle
squandered
Examples
Instead of investing wisely, he chose to squander his inheritance on extravagant vacations.
Lexical Tree
squandered
squandering
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