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squander away

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squan⋅der

  [skwon-der]
Use squander away in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often fol. by away).
2. to scatter.
–noun
3. extravagant or wasteful expenditure.
Origin:
1585–95; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
squan⋅der⋅er, noun
squan⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. waste, dissipate, lavish. See spend.

Antonyms:
1. save.
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Word Origin & History

squander 
1589 (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in "Merchant of Venice" with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced Jan. 1943 by the National Savings Committee. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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