SQUANDERING Synonyms

• the act of spending or disbursing money

• money paid out; an amount spent

• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

• small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• very generous

• characterized by extravagance and profusion

• expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

• an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)

• any act of immoderate indulgence

• indulge oneself

• be showy or ostentatious

• articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'

• items for sale to the individual consumer

• spend extravagantly

• a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water

• throw or cast away

• to remove