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misspend

American  
[mis-spend] / mɪsˈspɛnd /

verb (used with object)

misspent, misspending

  1. to spend wrongly or unwisely; squander; waste.

misspend British  
/ ˌmɪsˈspɛnd /

verb

  1. to spend thoughtlessly or wastefully

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Origin of misspend

1350–1400; Middle English. See mis- 1, spend

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Misspend, mis-spend′, v.t. to spend ill: to waste or squander:—pa.t. and pa.p. misspent′.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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