misspend
verb (used with object)
to spend wrongly or unwisely; squander; waste.
had misspent
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past perfectof misspend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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However, an inspector general reported last year that D.C. officials had misspent almost $82 million of funds intended for affordable housing.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
An audit alleged, however, that the agency's director had misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars on trips to Washington and Atlanta, as well as a six-week stay in Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
He enrolled at the Sorbonne solely to get a stipend from his father, who cut him off after discovering that Jean-Luc had misspent three years in Paris without attending any classes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mebbe she had misspent her early youth, or mebbe she wasn't meant for anything else—just a butterfly with some of the gold powder brushed off and the wings a little mite crumpled.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
She divined at once, by the passionate curiosity their entry aroused, that he had misspent his leisure in spreading through the city lying reports of their immense importance and fabulous riches.
From The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe Hichens
