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Definition of Squandering
1. Noun. Spending resources lavishly and wastefully. "More wasteful than the squandering of time"
Specialized synonyms: Squandermania
Derivative terms: Squander
Definition of Squandering
1. Verb. (present participle of squander) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squandering
1. squander [v] - See also: squander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squandering
Literary usage of Squandering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insanity and Its Treatment: Lectures on the Treatment, Medical and Legal, of by George Fielding Blandford, Allan McLane Hamilton (1886)
"... dipsomania, squandering of property; while under the second we find homicide,
arson, rape, and acts of violence or mischief of innumerable kinds. ..."
2. Le comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet, Pier Angelo Fiorentino, Camille Fontaine (1909)
"He died in poverty in 1871, after squandering a princely fortune in sybaritic
luxury. On the Place Malesherbes, Paris, stands a statue, the work of Gustave ..."
3. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1854)
"... Of the various and useless plans of squandering money put in practice* by the
king of ... squandering ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"... shuttle passes through the fabric in the loom ? squandering of the elements
of human ... squandering ..."
5. New Probate Law and Practice, with Annotations and Forms: For Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church (1909)
"Drunkard squandering his property. §185. Judgment of drunkenness. 5 186.
Relative may make complaint. §187. Service of copy of complaint. § 188. ..."
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