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ill-spent

ill-spent adjective: of money, not spent wisely.

Adjective

ill-spent (not comparable)

  1. Of money, not spent wisely.
    • In recent years the defeat of the U.S. long-distance passenger train by its competitors has often been quoted as a lesson to Britain. Dieselisation did not save it: therefore, it is argued (without reference to the very different conditions of inter-city travel in this country), modernisation of...1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 218

Questions about ill-spent

What does ill-spent mean?
Ill-spent means of money, not spent wisely.
What part of speech is ill-spent?
Ill-spent is an adjective.

Words near ill-spent in the dictionary

  1. ill-repute
  2. ill-scathe
  3. ill-scented
  4. ill-seen
  5. ill-sorted
  6. ill-spent
  7. ill-starred
  8. ill-suited
  9. ill-tempered
  10. ill-temperedly
  11. ill-temperedness

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