squander
to waste recklessly or use up to no purpose
Squander in a sentence
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He squandered a clear lead with a series of careless mistakes.
The heirs squandered the family fortune within a decade, leaving the estate mortgaged to its limit.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “squander” well
Squander means to waste recklessly or use up to no purpose, whether money, time, or opportunity. It implies careless extravagance rather than mere ordinary expense.
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