Definition of squander

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Squander (v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.

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Lavish :: Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..
Squander :: Squandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squande.
Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
Profuse :: Profuse (v. t.) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
Squandering :: Squandered (imp. & p. p.) of Squande.
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Squanderingly :: Squanderer (n.) One who squanders.
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices..
Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Squandered; scattered.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Squander :: Squander (v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal..
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
Gamble :: Gamble (v. t.) To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness..
Prodigate :: Prodigate (v. t.) To squander.
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction..
Squander :: Squander (v. i.) To wander at random; to scatter.
Squanderer :: Squander (n.) The act of squandering; waste.
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