misspent in English

verb
1
spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully.
perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth
synonyms:wasteddissipatedsquanderedthrown awayfrittered awaymisusedmisapplied
adjective

Use "misspent" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "misspent" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "misspent", or refer to the context using the word "misspent" in the English Dictionary.

1. Trying to make up for his misspent youth.

2. We must stop public money being misspent in this way.

3. He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth.

4. 22 Trying to make up for his misspent youth.

5. (b) How will God’s mercy prove not to have been misspent?

6. You can scarcely regret your misspent youth while still misspending it.

7. The two probes were merged as evidence of misspent funds mounted.

8. 9 A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

9. His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth.

10. Being a good pool player is usually a sign of a misspent youth.

11. He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth .

12. The state alcohol and drug abuse agency was put into conservatorship last year after state officials discovered that money had been misspent.

13. Good food and drink were the Cossetings of the self-indulgent and working to produce them was time misspent; all very well for Southern Europeans with their Int