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
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
But the video squanders some of its good will by ending with a product endorsement.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
They are as respectable and distinguished as those of a well-born prince who squanders his heritage.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
