1. (

• squandering

) spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time" ;

1. (

• waste ,
• blow ,
• squander ,

) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" ;

2. (

• consume ,
• squander ,
• waste ,
• ware

) spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ;