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US
/mɪˈspɛnd, mɪsˈspɛnd/
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VERB
-
spend time badly or unwisely
He misspent his youth - spend (money or other resources) unwisely
How To Use misspend In A Sentence
- Many folks have stated in many ways that even if CxP had had all of Shuttles bucks for the past five years, CxP wouldn't be any better off than it is now, because of mismanagement & misspending. Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch
- At the same time, however, Medicaid is being privatized and contracted out to for-profit insurers at rapid speed, despite warnings by the Government Accountability Office about misspending billions of public dollars. Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights
- In Ukraine, one former minister is in jail, another is enjoying political asylum in the Czech Republic, and the former prime minister is fighting legal charges of misspending state money. Is Russia Leading a Regional Authoritarian Trend?
- S. O'BRIEN: You don't want to be known as misspending Warren Buffett's millions ... CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2006
- SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Well, on Monday, former US president Bill Clinton fired back and railed against what he called inefficient spending of AIDS funds and said many countries are misspending foreign aid. Democracy Now!
- Homeland Security is misspending the money to build the fence ... Obama hits the road with health care reform message
- Oral Roberts says he does not think his son, who has been accused of misspending funds at the university the evangelist founded, did anything wrong. Oral Roberts: Son did nothing wrong in scandal
- Maricopa County officials believe the discovery of a duplicate payroll log and database hidden in a secure computer system at the Sheriff's Office could reveal the extent of alleged misspending in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's agency ... HUFFPOST HILL - NOVEMBER 1ST, 2010
- Leon berated the government for what he labelled the misspending of hundreds of millions of rands instead of attending to the plight of ordinary people. ANC Daily News Briefing
- ‘I believe Canadians have to have confidence that the government is not misspending their money,’ he said and pushed by me on the way to the kitchen of our tidy suburban home.