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 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. Joe Biden:

   And just like everything else Donald Trump's been given in Donald Trump life, Donald Trump's in the process of squandering that, as well.

2. Boris Johnson:

   Putin is squandering his dwindling resources on this pointless and barbaric war. He is bankrolling his ego at the expense of both the Ukrainian and Russian people, we need to starve the Putin regime of its funding.

3. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson:

   When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity.

4. Christopher Herrod:

   The Republican have been given in congress a unique opportunity to have the presidency and the House and the Senate, i think they’re squandering that. I ’ll go back and remind them they’ve got to get to work.

5. Glenn Thrush:

   No one — not the bullpen of the New York Mets, not the French army, not Wile E. Coyote, not even Al Gore — is better at squandering a commanding lead than the Queen of Coasting, Hillary Rodham Clinton. And nobody is better at handing her adversaries talking points to undermine trust, on emails, on the Clinton Foundation, on her own refusal to do something as simple as talking to the reporters who cover her every day.

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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