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squandered

squandered is the simple past and past participle of squander.

Meaning of squander

Verb

squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)

  1. (transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
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    Synonyms:
    waste, lavish, splurge, slather, throw away, make ducks and drakes of, play ducks and drakes with, blow
    Antonyms:
    conserve, hoard, save
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To scatter; to disperse.
    • […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To wander at random; to scatter.
    • […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about squandered

What is squandered the simple past and past participle of?
Squandered is the simple past and past participle of squander.

Words near squandered in the dictionary

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

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