as in to spend
to use up carelessly
warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed
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Recent Examples of misspend
Whiting is accused of misspending to bolster his and his wife's campaigns.
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The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Compass Coffee co-founders Harrison Suarez and Michael Haft have gone their separate ways after Suarez accused Haft of fraudulently misspending Covid relief funds in a lawsuit filed this week.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
But then oil prices dropped and Chávez died, followed by Castro, and the money that had flooded into Cuba to fund Revolution 2.0 was gone, largely misspent and stolen.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Compass Coffee co-founders Harrison Suarez and Michael Haft have gone their separate ways after Suarez accused Haft of fraudulently misspending Covid relief funds in a lawsuit filed this week.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
But then oil prices dropped and Chávez died, followed by Castro, and the money that had flooded into Cuba to fund Revolution 2.0 was gone, largely misspent and stolen.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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Ripp is originally a linebacker but spent parts of last year playing edge.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2025
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Consumers have been optimizing their spending for years, Thomas said, by making smart decisions to have the ability to still spend, particularly on discretionary items.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Misspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspend. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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