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squandered 音标拼音: [skw'ɑndɚd] squandered adj 1: not used to good advantage; " squandered money cannot be replaced"; " a wasted effort" [ synonym: { squandered}, { wasted}] Squander \ Squan" der\ ( skw[ o^] n" d[~ e] r), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Squandered} (- d[~ e] rd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Squandering}.] [ Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv[ aum] tta to squirt, sqv[ aum] ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Our squandered troops he rallies. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. [ 1913 Webster] The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " squandered": ablated, by the board, consumed, depleted, dissipated, down the drain, eroded, expended, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone to waste, irretrievable, long- lost, lost, lost to, misspent, out the window, run to seed, shrunken, spent, used, used up, wasted, worn away
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