misspend
verb
mis·spend
ˌmis-ˈspend 
misspent
ˌmis-ˈspent
; misspending
; misspending
: to spend wrongly : squander
a misspent life
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Examples of misspend in a Sentence
Several government officials have been accused of misspending public money.
warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed
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Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
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Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
There are also mounting concerns that the new wealth has been misspent.
—Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2014
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
In February, he was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the group's money by a New York jury.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
There are also mounting concerns that the new wealth has been misspent.
—Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2014
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
In February, he was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the group's money by a New York jury.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Misspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misspend. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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misspend
verb
mis·spend
(ˈ)mis-ˈspend
misspent
-ˈspent
; misspending
; misspending
: waste entry 2 sense 3, squander
a misspent youth
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