misspend
71misappropriate — v 1. steal, peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark. 2. misuse, misemploy, misapply; abuse, profane, desecrate, prostitute, pervert; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate, Sl. blow …
72mismanage — v maladminister, misgovern, misdirect, misrule, misconduct, mishandle; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate; be incompetent, be inefficient; bungle, botch, Inf. muff, Inf. flub, spoil, Inf. foul up, Sl. blow; hash, muddle, mangle, Sl. screw up,… …
73spend — v 1. pay out, disburse, expend, outlay, Inf. lay out, Sl. fork out, Sl. shell out, Sl. dish out, ante up; misspend, squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, throw good money after bad, pour down the drain, burn up, go or run through; lavish,… …
74squander — v misspend, misuse, waste, dissipate, go or run through, Sl. blow; (all of time) kill, fritter or fool away, lose; spend recklessly, play ducks and drakes with, throw away, burn up, Sl. shoot one s wad, pour down the drain, throw good money after …
75wanton — adj 1. malicious, spiteful, vicious, cruel, malevolent; unjustifiable, groundless, needless, unnecessary; unmotivated, uncalled for, unprovoked, gratuitous. 2. deliberate, willful, calculated; headstrong, fro ward, perverse, contrary, refractory …
76waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …
77waste — 1. verb 1) he doesn t like to waste money Syn: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate; informal blow, splurge 2) kids are wasting away in the streets Syn: grow weak, gr …
78dissipate — [v1] expend, spend be wasteful with, blow*, burn up*, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye*, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste; concepts 156,169 Ant. accumulate …
79fritter — [v] waste away be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through*, spend like water*, squander, throw away, trifle; concepts 156,341 Ant. hold, save, store …
80lose — [v1] be deprived of; mislay be careless, become poorer, be impoverished, bereave, be reduced, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short …
