squander

Definition of Squander in English :

1. blow, squander, waste

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Example Sentences:
'He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends'
'You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree'

2. consume, squander, ware, waste

spend extravagantly

Example Sentences:
'waste not, want not'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squander

verb (transitive)

1.

to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate

2. an obsolete word for scatter

noun

3. rare

extravagance or dissipation

verb transitive

1.

to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly

verb intransitive

2.

to be wasteful or extravagant

noun

3. Rare

a squandering; extravagant expenditure

tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders

1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste.

2. To fail to take advantage of: squandered an opportunity to go to college.

3. Archaic To scatter.

n.

Extravagant expenditure; prodigality.