ill-spent
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Rose is eager to ditch what she regards as an ill-spent life, and she ends up sharing a rental car with Teddy, who is also deeply dissatisfied but tries to be an upbeat companion.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Referring to foreign earthquake aid after 2010 that Haitians said was ill-spent, he called for all assistance to be channeled through the state.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2021
On June 20, he tweeted: “For me, a tweetless night, like tonight, is an empty, ill-spent, fruitless night, not worthy of owning a computer or its keyboard.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020
In the opinion of the Hoover Commission, that money is ill-spent by 26 overlapping, badly organized agencies and 66 administrative units.
From Time Magazine Archive
Words are ill-spent, Where wrong sits judge; you're arm'd, if innocent.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
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