misspend

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misspend - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Misspend \Mis*spend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspent; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Misspending.]
     To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to squander; to waste;
     as, to misspend time or money. --J. Philips.
     [1913 Webster]

misspend - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  misspend
      v 1: spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth"
      2: spend (money or other resources) unwisely