'Squandering' definitions:
Definition of 'squandering'
From: WordNet
noun
Spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
Definition of 'Squandering'
From: GCIDE
- Squander \Squan"der\ (skw[o^]n"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered (-d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv[aum]tta to squirt, sqv[aum]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
- 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. [1913 Webster]
- The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate. [1913 Webster]