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Definitions for squandering
squan·der·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. squanderingnoun

    spending resources lavishly and wastefully

    "more wasteful than the squandering of time"

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  1. squandering

    Squandering refers to the act of carelessly wasting or misusing resources, particularly money, time, or opportunities, in a reckless and foolish manner.

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  1. Squandering

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of squandering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of squandering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of squandering in a Sentence

  1. Bob Sallinger:

    Government agents are racing about in their boat blowing birds out of the sky, the public has a right to see how the federal government is squandering millions of taxpayer dollars killing protected wild birds.

  2. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson:

    When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity.

  3. Nancy Pelosi:

    Instead of creating jobs or raising workers’ wages, the Republican Congress spent seven months doing everything it could to raise Americans’ health costs to hand tax breaks to the richest, now, after squandering months on a cruel and dangerous agenda, Republicans have closed down Congress for five weeks with no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default.

  4. Lakshheish M Patel:

    All traders and investors should get their accounts and portfolio checked and audited after every 3 months from reliable CAs. Because brokerage firms are looters who are fooling and squandering them. Slowly with each transaction and lien , they are pilfering money stealthily from their clients account

  5. Joe Biden:

    And just like everything else Donald Trump's been given in Donald Trump life, Donald Trump's in the process of squandering that, as well.

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