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squandersome

adj

Etymology

From squander + -some.

  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 squandersome — “squander + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by squandering

    Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful

    • They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.
    • Worldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US.
    • I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways.

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