noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Improper, wasteful, or incorrect spending; squandering countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of misspend form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

fritter

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mysspendynge, equivalent to misspend + -ing.

Etymology 2

From misspend + -ing.

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