Definition of Fritter away

1. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"

Exact synonyms: Dissipate, Fool, Fool Away, Fritter, Frivol Away, Shoot
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Derivative terms: Dissipation

Definition of Fritter away

1. Verb. (transitive) To squander or waste. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fritter Away

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Literary usage of Fritter away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away time. 3. ... Caressing, fondling, endearments, time, idle away time, fritter away time. 2. ..."

2. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1887)
"Do not try to explain these things in words, and do not fritter away your attention and fritter away your love, too, in trying to reconcile these with your ..."

3. Modern Women and what is Said of Them: Reprint of a Series of Articles in by Elizabeth Lynn] [Linton (1868)
"... of indolent coquetry, may feel a certain contempt for souls which can fritter away the grandeur of passion as they fritter away the grandeur of life. ..."

4. Address on Agricultural Education: Delivered Before the N. Y. State by Andrew Dickson White (1869)
"If you attempt to do it, you will fritter away your educational resources, and add, probably, one poor shop to the millions of good ones. ..."

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