misspend

American  

[mis-spend] / mɪsˈspɛnd /

verb (used with object)

misspent, misspending

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

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misspend British  

/ ˌmɪsˈspɛnd /

verb

1. to spend thoughtlessly or wastefully

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Other Word Forms

• misspender noun

Etymology

Origin of misspend

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

Example Sentences

“If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate, obviously,” Zuckerberg said in a September podcast.

From Barron's

Dame Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons treasury committee, said "we need to have answers" to ensure taxpayers' money was not being misspent.

From BBC

“If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate obviously,” Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There was no wrongdoing or things being hidden or money misspent or being stolen. What he’s saying, there’s nothing of that, you know?”

From Los Angeles Times

It believes that much of that funding has been misspent.

From BBC