squander

Etymology
Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of. Perhaps a.

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Verb

 * 1) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
 * 2) * 1746, Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac
 * Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
 * 1)  To scatter; to disperse.
 * 2)  To wander at random; to scatter.
 * 1)  To wander at random; to scatter.
 * 1)  To wander at random; to scatter.

Usage notes
Squander implies starting with many resources, such as great wealth, and then wasting them (using them up to little purpose or little effect), often ending with little. Particularly used in phrases such as “squander an opportunity” or “squander an inheritance”. It may be used even if one starts with little, though usually in some construction such as “squander what little he had”.

Translations

 * Asturian: esbarafundiar
 * Azerbaijani:, aşırmaq, , korlamaq, satıb-sovmaq
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dalmatian: dissipur
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: malŝpari, disperdi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Ingrian: mänettää
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:, 乱費, 使い尽くす
 * Korean:, 랑비하다
 * Latin: helluor, prōdigō, lancinō, expatrō
 * Macedonian: а́рчи
 * Manchu: ᠮᠠᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maori: whakapau, whakamaumau
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , forspille, , skusle,
 * Persian:, هدر دادن
 * Polish:, ; , ; , zmarnotrawić
 * Portuguese:
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 * Russian:, ; , ; , ; , ; ,
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 * Turkish:, ,