Squander
squander (verb) - waste
squander time
squander money
squander resources
squander savings
squander an inheritance
squander a family fortune
squander youth
Example sentences:
* He squandered a lifetime of savings on a useless, harebrained business idea.
* We're no longer rich and can no longer afford to squander money on projects that might never work out.
* "Squandering precious environmental resources should be a crime," she said.
* The wayward young man squandered his inheritance.
* You didn't have to squander our hard-earned money on flowers!
* He squandered his youth in idle pursuits.
* How did the younger son squander his money?
* Much of the cheap money flowing into the country during the boom years of the early 1990s was squandered on the prestigious offices and swanky apartments that sprouted across the region. (Based on: Economist)
* "How can we expect people from developing nations to make sacrifices for the good of mankind, while we continue to squander and pollute?"
* They squandered all their time in excessively fastidious attention to detail.
* She squandered millions of dollars on her lavish lifestyle.
* Let's not squander our meager resources on this risky gold mining venture.
* Within a matter of months he had squandered a family fortune that it had taken hundreds of years to accumulate.
* "Give'em an education and throw'em into the world, then if they squander it all, it's their problem, they'll probably squander anything you give'em anyway, so you might as well squander your nest egg on yourself, don't you agree?" the grumpy curmudgeon asked.
* I didn't give it to you to squander on trips abroad.
* I knew you would overspend and squander everything you had, and then come running to me, your dear old grandmother, for more.
* He squandered the meager fruits of their labour as he saw fit.
