Definitions for squander
ˈskwɒn dərsquan·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. waste, blow, squanderverb

   spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

2. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

   spend extravagantly

   "waste not, want not"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squanderverb

   To waste, lavish, splurge

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SQUANDERverb

   Etymology: verschwenden, Teutonick.

   1. To scatter lavishly; to spend profusely; to throw away in idle prodigality.

   We squander away some part of our fortune at play. Francis Atterbury.

   They often squander’d, but they never gave. Richard Savage.

   Never take a favourite waiting maid, to insinuate how great a fortune you brought, and how little you are allowed to squander. Jonathan Swift.

   Then, in plain prose, were made two sorts of men,
   To squander some, and some to hide agen. Alexander Pope.

   True friends would rather see such thoughts as they communicate only to one another, than what they squander about to all the world. Alexander Pope.

   How uncertain it is, whether the years we propose to ourselves shall be indulged to us, uncertain whether we shall have power or even inclination to improve them better than those we now squander away. John Rogers.

   2. To scatter; to dissipate; to disperse.

   He hath an argosie bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies, and other ventures he hath squandered abroad. William Shakespeare.

   The troops we squander’d first, again appear
   From sev’ral quarters, and enclose the rear. Dryden.

   He is a successful warrior,
   And has the soldiers hearts: upon the skirts
   Of Arragon our squander’d troops he rallies. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squander

   Squander (written as "$QUANDER" on the box and in the rules) is an Avalon Hill board game published in 1965. It is based loosely on the game Monopoly, but in reverse. As in Monopoly, players roll dice and move around a board, encountering opportunities to make financial decisions. The object, however, is to lose money rather than gain it. Each player starts with a million "Squanderbucks" and the winner is the first player to become bankrupt.

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1. squander

   Squander refers to the act of wastefully using or spending resources, particularly in a reckless and foolish manner. It involves failing to use an opportunity or advantage wisely or effectively, thereby leading to loss and non-productivity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squanderverb

   to scatter; to disperse

2. Squanderverb

   to spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate

3. Squanderverb

   to spend lavishly; to be wasteful

4. Squanderverb

   to wander at random; to scatter

5. Squandernoun

   the act of squandering; waste

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squander

   Squander is an Avalon Hill board game published in 1965. It is based loosely on the game Monopoly, but in reverse. As in Monopoly, players roll dice and move around a board, encountering opportunities to make financial decisions. The object, however, is to lose money rather than gain it. Each player starts with a million "Squanderbucks" and the winner is the first player to become bankrupt.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Squander

   skwon′dėr, v.t. to spend lavishly or wastefully: to waste money or powers.—n. Squan′derer.—adv. Squan′deringly, in a squandering manner, by squandering. [Skeat explains as a nasalised form of Lowland Scotch squatter, to splash water about, prov. Eng. swatter, to throw water about. These are frequentatives from Dan. sqvatte, to splash, spurt, squander; Sw. sqvätta, to squirt, Ice. skvetta, to squirt out water.]

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1. squander

   missing opportunities

   Let's not squander our resources and give up what we need to develop.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 5, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of squander in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of squander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of squander in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Franklin:

   Dost thou love life Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

2. Todd Fithian:

   I've seen people with very little to give do things in an extremely meaningful way, and I've seen people with $1 billion, squander it and fail.

3. Nicola Sturgeon:

   I have asked the UK government not to deploy their' Stay Alert' advertising campaign in Scotland, because the message at this stage in Scotland is... except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, we must not squander our progress by easing up too soon, or by sending mixed messages that result in people thinking it's okay to ease up now. Let me be very blunt about the consequences if we were to do that : people will die unnecessarily. We must not take that risk.

4. Seth Moulton:

   There will be a lot of lawmakers who just want to repair their local potholes or old bridges rather than invest in 21st century technology, we can't squander a generational opportunity by investing in the last generation's infrastructure.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   These harsh tactics might work if you're willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing, but if we're going to beat Donald Trump in November, we are going to need huge turnout within our party, and to get that turnout, we will need a nominee that the broadest coalition of our party feels they can get behind. We can't afford to fall into factions. We can't afford to squander our collective power. We will win when we come together.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=squander
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Squander
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=squander
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squander
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squander
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=squander
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=squander