fritter
verb (used with object)
to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed byaway ).
unfrittered
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a word derived from
fritter.
Example Sentences
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She was dressed in a creamy-white satin that glinted like mother-of-pearl, its sheen and glory unfrittered with a single idiotic trimming; on her breast a large diamond cross.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
