squandering

[ US /ˈskwɑndɝɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /skwˈɒndəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. spending resources lavishly and wastefully
    more wasteful than the squandering of time
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How To Use squandering In A Sentence

  • They are the ones guilty of squandering money. The Sun
  • He also risks squandering his opportunity to be remembered as a genuine reformer. Times, Sunday Times
  • To their discredit, they were guilty of squandering some great chance in the second quarter during a period when they were in complete control.
  • more wasteful than the squandering of time
  • I delight in public demonstrations that advance progressive causes -- and so I will go -- but first allow me to explain why Stewart's attempt to frame the rally apolitically is tragic and the squandering of the greatest opportunity to reinvigorate progressive movement politics in years. Rizvi Qureshi: Against Jon Stewart: Restoring Sanity or Restoring Spectatorship?
  • No temptation Thus, persistent gambling or the squandering of large sums of money upon it has been regarded as a sin.
  • Mr Yeo warned the whole event was in danger of becoming bogged down in costly bureaucracy, and that the Government was in danger of squandering a valuable opportunity to promote Britain.
  • The squandering of funds and reported misuse of the resources have already degraded the personality of the hero that the movie wants to depict.
  • They are the ones guilty of squandering money. The Sun
  • We cannot allow our young people to become malnourished, squandering their childhood and vitality hunched over computer consoles and gorging on junk food. Times, Sunday Times
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