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21squander a chance — squander a chance/an opportunity ► to fail to use a chance to become successful or to achieve something: »According to one member of the board of directors: We have squandered the opportunity to become a major player in the industry . Main Entry …
22squander a chance/an opportunity — ► to fail to use a chance to become successful or to achieve something: »According to one member of the board of directors: We have squandered the opportunity to become a major player in the industry . Main Entry: ↑squander …
23squander an opportunity — squander a chance/an opportunity ► to fail to use a chance to become successful or to achieve something: »According to one member of the board of directors: We have squandered the opportunity to become a major player in the industry . Main Entry …
24Squander Bug — NOEDITSECTION The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press adverts, the… …
25squander — I. verb (squandered; squandering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1536 transitive verb 1. to spend extravagantly or foolishly ; dissipate, waste < squandered a fortune > 2. to cause to disperse …
26squander — squanderer, n. squanderingly, adv. /skwon deuhr/, v.t. 1. to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often fol. by away). 2. to scatter. n. 3. extravagant or wasteful expenditure. [1585 95; …
27squander — verb /ˈskwɒndəɹ/ To waste, lavish, splurge Syn: waste, splurge, ducks and drakes, throw away …
28squander — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, blow, budget, burn up, consume, cost, cost out, decrease, deplete, depreciate, digest, disburse, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust …
29squander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. waste, lavish, dissipate. Ant., save. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spend, spend lavishly, throw away, fritter away; see waste 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [SKWAN dur] to waste …
30squander — squan·der || skwÉ‘ndÉ™(r) / skwÉ’n n. wasteful spending of money or other resources v. waste money or other resources, fritter away, misuse …
