misspend
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transitive verb \ˌmis-ˈspend\mis·spent \-ˈspent\ mis·spend·ing
Definition of MISSPEND
: to spend wrongly : squander <a misspent life>
Examples of MISSPEND
- Several government officials have been accused of misspending public money.
- <warned that a childhood spent playing video games was a misspent youth indeed>
First Known Use of MISSPEND
14th century
Related to MISSPEND
- Synonyms
- blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, waste, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
- Antonyms
- conserve
Rhymes with MISSPEND
addend, amend, append, ascend, attend, bartend, befriend, Big Bend, bookend, boyfriend, closed-end, commend, compend, contend, dead end, dead-end, defend, depend, descend, distend, downtrend, emend, expend, extend, fag end, forfend, front-end, girlfriend, Gravesend, headend, high-end, hornblende, impend, intend, Land's End, loose end, low-end, missend, next friend, no end, offend, on end, Ostend, outspend, perpend, pitchblende, portend, pretend, propend, protend, rear-end, resend, sheet bend, South Bend, split end, stipend, subtend, suspend, tag end, tail end, tight end, top-end, transcend, unbend, unkenned, upend, uptrend, weekend, year-end
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