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squanderation

noun

Etymology

From squander + -ation.

  1. inherited from *wandarōn✻ — “to wander”
  2. inherited from wandrian — “to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”
  3. inherited from wandren
  4. compounded as squander — “scatter + wander”
  5. suffixed as squanderation — “squander + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of squandering

    The act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness.

    • Had Corporal Jones produced his orders early on, we all might have been spared a lamentable squanderation of much-needed time.
    • The Democrats make quite outrageous demands for still greater squanderation of farm surpluses.
    • Only the unions, that is, and the federal tax authorities who have a vested interest in national squanderation.

The neighborhood

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