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Definitions for squandered
squan·dered

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. squandered, wastedadjective

    not used to good advantage

    "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Squandered

    of Squander

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of squandered in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of squandered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of squandered in a Sentence

  1. Vin Lananna:

    We will have team scores and a national championship during the summer and we are going to really spark up the interest in building up to 2021, if the 2021 world championships are just a big old track meet, then we will have squandered an opportunity.

  2. Patricia Gossman:

    Afghanistan's national unity government squandered important opportunities to tackle serious human rights problems, as reforms have slipped, so have essential human rights protections for detainees, women, and the media.

  3. John Boehner:

    By ignoring the will of the American people, President Obama has cemented his legacy of lawlessness and squandered what little credibility he had left, republicans are left with the serious responsibility of upholding our oath of office.

  4. President Biden:

    We owe it to the American people to provide answers about how their money, whether spent under the Trump administration or Biden administration, was squandered. an abrupt end to the emergency declarations would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system — for states, for hospitals and doctors’ offices, and, most importantly, for tens of millions of Americans.

  5. Drew Hammill:

    Eight days after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to immediately begin the process of reuniting the children they put in cages back with their families, there's scant evidence that a comprehensive plan to do just that has been developed, congressional oversight of this matter has already been proven to be critical in ensuring that the Administration's constant abuses are held in check, that the law is being obeyed, and that taxpayers' resources are not being squandered.

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