misspends

verb

present tense third-person singular of misspend
as in spends
to use up carelessly warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed

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  1. spends
  2. loses
  3. runs through
Verb
  • If an engineer spends 40% of the day chasing approvals, moving data between systems or completing repetitive tasks, then high-value talent is operating below capacity.
    — Priya Sawant, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of spends
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  • The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
  • And the company doing the genuine, expensive work of transition loses the one advantage the label was meant to confer, cheaper capital and patient shareholders who believe the plan.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of loses
Verb
  • After allowing just 24 unearned runs through their first 74 games, the Yankees allowed 21 from June 20 to the end of the month, more than double any team in baseball.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • The Tour de France returns on July 4 and runs through July 26.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of runs through
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“Misspends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspends. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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