trifled (away)

verb

past tense of trifle (away)
as in spent
to use up carelessly trifled away his hard-earned professional respect with a single act of plagiarism

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  1. spent
  2. lost
Verb
  • Benedict said the process would ideally take a couple of years, with much of the development time spent on design work and virtual simulations before the physical construction began.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The actual amount spent could be significantly more, depending on whether networks classified the ads as political.
    — LISA MASCARO, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of spent
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  • Those challenges become tomorrow’s workforce shortages, rising health care costs, and lost economic potential.
    — Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • However, the work, done with Tanzanian government partners, helps track threatened species and monitor human activity that endangers the region’s wildlife, making the few cameras lost in the process all the more worth it.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of lost
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“Trifled (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trifled%20%28away%29. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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