as in to spend
to use up carelessly
warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed
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Recent Examples of misspend
Attorneys continue to await trial details for a former Caltrain manager who has been charged with misspending agency funds to build himself a secret apartment at a train station, and is expected to be challenged by his one-time co-defendant who has agreed to testify for the prosecution.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Whiting is accused of misspending to bolster his and his wife's campaigns.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Compass Coffee co-founders Harrison Suarez and Michael Haft have gone their separate ways after Suarez accused Haft of fraudulently misspending Covid relief funds in a lawsuit filed this week.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Whiting is accused of misspending to bolster his and his wife's campaigns.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Compass Coffee co-founders Harrison Suarez and Michael Haft have gone their separate ways after Suarez accused Haft of fraudulently misspending Covid relief funds in a lawsuit filed this week.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Combs could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Residents of the 8th Congressional District spend an average of 13% of their household income on energy — the highest in the state, according to Department of Commerce data.—
Tom Olsen,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2025
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“Misspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspend. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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