What does "misspent" mean?

simple past and past participle of misspend

What is a synonym for "misspent"?

Common synonyms include: consumed, dissipated, down the drain, lost, spent, squandered.

Misspent

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of misspend form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1
Spent in a bad way, squandered
"He had a misspent youth."

Synonyms

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consumed dissipated down the drain lost spent squandered

Example

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"A day is a period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper — the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort."

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