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squanderation

squanderation noun: the act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness.

Noun

squanderation (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness.
    • Had Corporal Jones produced his orders early on, we all might have been spared a lamentable squanderation of much-needed time.2014, Tracy Groot, The Sentinels of Andersonville, Tyndale House Publishing, page 268
    • The Democrats make quite outrageous demands for still greater squanderation of farm surpluses.1956, Plurifarious Periodical Authors, LIFE Magazine - Volume 40 - Number 2, Published by Time Incorporated, page 28

Examples of squanderation in a sentence

  • Only the unions, that is, and the federal tax authorities who have a vested interest in national squanderation.1951, National Association of Manufacturers, NAM News - Volume 19 - Part 2, The Wisconsin University Press - Madison, Editorial page 1
  • A policy of squanderation now will revive inflation without curing recession.1958, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury, Volume 87, The California University Press, page 26
  • Pure squanderation of the cannon and unnecessarily flattening to the skeet.1984, Miles Franklin, The End of my Career, Pocket Books - The Pennsylvania State University Press, page 201
  • With a huge overhanging national indebtedness brought on by the Roosevelt squanderation policies, it will end in economic chaos.1939, United States Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress - Volume 84 - Part 12, U.S. Government Printing...

Origin of squanderation

From squander + -ation.

Questions about squanderation

What does squanderation mean?
Squanderation means the act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness.
How do you use squanderation in a sentence?
Only the unions, that is, and the federal tax authorities who have a vested interest in national squanderation.
What part of speech is squanderation?
Squanderation is a noun.

Words near squanderation in the dictionary

  1. squamulose
  2. squamulosely
  3. squandamania
  4. squander
  5. squanderable
  6. squanderation
  7. squandered
  8. squanderer
  9. squanderers
  10. squanderest
  11. squandereth

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