squandered 音標拼音: [skw'ɑndɚd]
squandered adj 1 :
not used to good advantage ; "
squandered money cannot be replaced "; "
a wasted effort " [
synonym : {
squandered },
{
wasted }]
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Squandered } (-
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n . {
Squandering }.] [
Cf .
Scot .
squatter to splash water about ,
to scatter ,
to squander ,
Prov .
E .
swatter ,
Dan .
sqvatte ,
Sw .
sqv [
aum ]
tta to squirt ,
sqv [
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ttra to squander ,
Icel .
skvetta to squirt out ,
to throw out water .]
1 .
To scatter ;
to disperse . [
Obs .]
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Our squandered troops he rallies . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To spend lavishly or profusely ;
to spend prodigally or wastefully ;
to use without economy or judgment ;
to dissipate ;
as ,
to squander an estate .
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The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly . --
Rambler .
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Syn :
To spend ;
expend ;
waste ;
scatter ;
dissipate .
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "
squandered ":
ablated ,
by the board ,
consumed ,
depleted ,
dissipated ,
down the drain ,
eroded ,
expended ,
forfeit ,
forfeited ,
gone ,
gone to waste ,
irretrievable ,
long -
lost ,
lost ,
lost to ,
misspent ,
out the window ,
run to seed ,
shrunken ,
spent ,
used ,
used up ,
wasted ,
worn away
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