The meaning of Misspending

adjective

(of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Dissipated behaviour

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

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The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

adjective

Spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol

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He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

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Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

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Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

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Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

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His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

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The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

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An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

verb

Use (something) for the wrong purpose or in the wrong way.

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Once new technology is adopted, it is often underused or misapplied

verb

Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

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He was found guilty of misusing public funds

noun

The wrong or improper use of something.

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Drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences

verb

Past simple and past participle of misuse

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She was accused of misusing company funds.

adjective

Spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

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Prodigal habits die hard

noun

A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.

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He hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives

adjective

Tending to spend or use something without thinking of the future

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He was prodigal with his talents.

adjective

Without benefit or advantage; pointless.

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A long and profitless public row

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

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£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

adjective

(of a business or activity) not yielding profit or financial gain.

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The mines became increasingly unprofitable

adjective

Not resulting in profit

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Unprofitable investments/businesses

adjective

Not making a profit

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An unprofitable business/company/store when the asian financial crisis hit, it shut 32 unprofitable…

adjective

Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose.

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Wasted fuel

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

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We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result you wanted

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He wasn't in when i got there, so it was a completely wasted journey., underneath the hospital blan…