squander
verb (used with object)
to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed byaway ).
are squandering
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present progressiveof squander.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We are squandering that advantage arguing about whether to peel guardrails off jail-breakable systems and blacklisting the companies that build them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
I have wondered in these pages whether people are squandering their retirement on eating out.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
There is nothing quite like it, and listening to the performance today can bring tears to your eyes, reminding us of how much of that international optimism of youth we are squandering, politically and environmentally.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
In the Bering Sea, waters are warming faster than snow crabs can adapt, and overzealous fishing boats are squandering chances of population recuperation in the Bering Sea.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2022
You are squandering your dooryard by plowing out there in front of the house.
From Winning the Wilderness by J. N. Marchand
