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Thesaurus: misspend

To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money.

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  1. v. t. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money.
  2. v. spend time badly or unwisely
  3. v. spend (money or other resources) unwisely
  4. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
  5. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste;as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
  6. v:100 v. spend time badly or unwisely v. spend (money or other resources) unwisely