squander
verb (used with object)
to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed byaway ).
squanders
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present tense formof squander (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The film almost entirely squanders whatever appeal it may have churned up, except it all happens so fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Carrie-Anne Moss of “The Matrix” makes for an ideal veteran Jedi, but in its first misstep, “The Acolyte” squanders that opportunity right out of the gate, setting viewers up for disappointment.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Trym knows too well how the human touch squanders a wild animal’s dignity.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022
Food waste not only squanders natural resources, money and effort, it degrades the environment.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
From this comes his unbounded prodigality by which in a few years he squanders an enormous fortune in giving pleasure to his friends.
From An Introduction to Shakespeare by H. N. MacCracken
