Misexpend

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To expend badly or wrongly. transitive

    "I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths."

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"I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths."

Etymology

From mis- + expend.

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