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misexpend

misexpend verb: to expend badly or wrongly.

Verb

misexpend (third-person singular simple present misexpends, present participle misexpending, simple past and past participle misexpended)

  1. (transitive) To expend badly or wrongly.
    • I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths.1664, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas, 6th edition, page 53

Forms of misexpend

third-person singular presentmisexpends
present participlemisexpending
past participlemisexpended
pastmisexpended

Origin of misexpend

From mis- + expend.

Questions about misexpend

What does misexpend mean?
Misexpend means to expend badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misexpend?
Misexpend is a verb.
What is the past tense of misexpend?
The past tense of misexpend is misexpended.

Words near misexpend in the dictionary

  1. misexpanded
  2. misexpanding
  3. misexpands
  4. misexpectation
  5. misexpectations
  6. misexpend
  7. misexpended
  8. misexpending
  9. misexpenditure
  10. misexpenditures
  11. misexpends

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