ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Misspend

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Misspend is a verb meaning To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.

Meaning

To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.

Example Sentences

I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!
Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misexpend, underspend, misinvest, misdispense, misspread, misdispose.

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