| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| squander |
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| SYLLABICATION: | squan·der |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  skw n d r |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: 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; lose a chance for: squandered an opportunity to go to college. 3. Obsolete To scatter. | | NOUN: | Extravagant expenditure; prodigality. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Origin unknown. | | OTHER FORMS: | squander·er —NOUN
squander·ing·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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