squanders in English

verb

1

waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

entrepreneurs squander their profits on expensive cars

synonyms: waste, misspend, misuse, throw away, fritter away, spend recklessly, spend unwisely, spend like water, blow, go through, splurge, drop, pour down the drain

verb

waste, misspend, misuse, throw away, fritter away, spend recklessly, spend unwisely, spend like water, blow, go through, splurge, drop, pour down the drain
waste, blow
waste, consume, ware

Use "squanders" in a sentence

1. Not being thrifty, she squanders the household’s hard-earned resources.

2. In that parable, a young man squanders his inheritance on loose living.

3. In squandering the health of its young, the world squanders its tomorrows.

4. Synonyms for Consumes include depletes, exhausts, drains, expends, uses, wastes, bleeds, spends, squanders and utilises

5. The son who asks for his inheritance and then squanders it represents those who have strayed from the congregation.

6. Shoddily crafted and devoid of suspense, Cell squanders a capable cast and Stephen King's once-prescient source material on a bland rehash of zombie cliches.

7. Raised to be a selfish, vain, profligate spender, handsome and self-obsessed, George squanders the last of the money he receives from his father and sets nothing aside to help support Amelia.