misspend

misspend

verb

Definition of MISSPEND

to use up carelessly <warned that a childhood spent playing video games was a misspent youth indeed>

Synonyms blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)

Related Words splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay out

Near Antonyms economize, scrimp, skimp; preserve, protect, save; hoard, lay up

Antonyms conserve