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squandering
(encz) | squandering,hýření n: Zdeněk Brož |
squandering
(encz) | squandering,mrhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
squandering
(encz) | squandering,plýtvání n: Jirka Daněk |
Squandering
(gcide) | 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.]
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Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
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2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or
wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to
dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
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The crime of squandering health is equal to the
folly. --Rambler.
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Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
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squandering
(wn) | squandering
n 1: spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful
than the squandering of time" |
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Squandering
(gcide) | 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.]
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Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
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2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or
wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to
dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
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The crime of squandering health is equal to the
folly. --Rambler.
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Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
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Squanderingly
(gcide) | Squanderingly \Squan"der*ing*ly\, adv.
In a squandering manner.
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