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mispense

mispense is the alternative form of misspense.

Meaning of misspense

Noun

misspense (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Improper spending; waste.
    • So that now to engage in contest about them, may be reasonably deemed nothing more than a wilful mispense of our time, labour and good humour [...]1680, Isaac Barrow, Of the love of God and our neighbour, in several sermons

Questions about mispense

What is mispense the alternative form of?
Mispense is the alternative form of misspense.

Words near mispense in the dictionary

  1. mispelt
  2. mispen
  3. mispenned
  4. mispenning
  5. mispens
  6. mispense
  7. misper
  8. misperceive
  9. misperceived
  10. misperceiver
  11. misperceivers

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