Misspent

Synonyms for "misspent" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

consumeddissipateddown the drain

Strong matches (4)

Related words (6)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

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descriptive adjectiveexpendqualitative descriptorspend

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misspend fundsmisspend timemisspent fundsmisspent timemisspent youth

Collocations

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misspent capitalmisspent careermisspent fundsmisspent grantsmisspent moneymisspent resourcesmisspent timemisspent youth

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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The Obama Administration is committed to saving you money. We are hunting down misspent tax dollars through the Campaign to Cut Waste.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the Federal Government.

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My dear Watson, you would confer a great favour upon me by coming. And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one.

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