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misspend

verb

Etymology

From Middle English misspenden, equivalent to mis- + spend.

  1. inherited from misspenden

Definitions

  1. To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.

    • I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!
    • Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA