Definitions for squandering
squan·der·ing

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1. squanderingnoun

   spending resources lavishly and wastefully

   "more wasteful than the squandering of time"

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1. squandering

   Squandering refers to the act of carelessly wasting or misusing resources, particularly money, time, or opportunities, in a reckless and foolish manner.

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1. Squandering

   of Squander

Matched Categories

1. • Waste

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How to pronounce squandering?

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How to say squandering in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of squandering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of squandering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of squandering in a Sentence

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   Instead of creating jobs or raising workers’ wages, the Republican Congress spent seven months doing everything it could to raise Americans’ health costs to hand tax breaks to the richest, now, after squandering months on a cruel and dangerous agenda, Republicans have closed down Congress for five weeks with no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default.

2. Joe Biden:

   Donald Trump inherited a growing economy from the Obama-Biden administration, just like he inherited everything in his life, and now he's squandering it, just like he squandered everything he inherited in his life.

3. John Mason Brown:

   The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   All traders and investors should get their accounts and portfolio checked and audited after every 3 months from reliable CAs. Because brokerage firms are looters who are fooling and squandering them. Slowly with each transaction and lien , they are pilfering money stealthily from their clients account

5. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson:

   When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=squandering
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squandering
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=squandering