as in to spend
to use up carelessly
warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed
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Five months ago, after an earlier phase of the civil trial, Wayne LaPierre, the longtime chief executive, was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the N.RA.’s money.
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Danny Hakim, New York Times, 15 July 2024
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—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
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Danny Hakim, New York Times, 15 July 2024
Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year.
—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
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“Misspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspend. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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