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Adjective

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources

Noun

Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources

The amount or degree by which something is reduced

Ducks and drakes

Verb

Expending or consuming by employing

Present participle for to use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

Present participle for to cause to scatter or disperse

Present participle for to hand over or expend as payment

(of time or an opportunity) Present participle for to fail to take advantage of

Present participle for to completely bungle (an opportunity)

Present participle for to use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose

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Adjective

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Inclined to waste or squander money or resources

out of all proportion

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“Well, he must be a miser. I detest it of all things. I do not know whether a squandering man or spendthrift is not more acceptable.”

Noun

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Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources

financial irresponsibility

lack of thrift

free-spending ways

spendthrift behaviour

money down the toilet

utilization^US

utilisation^UK

going to hell in handbasket

life in the fast lane

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Noun

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The amount or degree by which something is reduced

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

utilization^US

utilisation^UK

worsening of someone's condition

shrivelling^UK

shriveling^US

passing into oblivion

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Noun

Ducks and drakes

Verb

Expending or consuming by employing

utilizing^US

utilising^UK

siphoning^US

syphoning^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for to use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

spending money as if there were no tomorrow

spending money as if it grows on trees

spending money like water

pouring money down the drain

throwing money around

throwing money down the drain

spending money as if it were going out of style

pouring down the drain

burning

throwing around like confetti

throwing down the drain

playing ducks and drakes with

spending money as if it grew on trees

suffering the loss of

spending as if there were no tomorrow

spending as if it grows on trees

spending as if it were going out of style

spending money as if it were going out of fashion

indulging oneself

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“Today's business environment makes it impossible for organizations to afford to squander any resources.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause to scatter or disperse

“I would much prefer if the allied leader did not squander the troops I struggled so hard to preserve.”

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Present participle for to hand over or expend as payment

throwing around like confetti

throwing down the drain

pouring down the drain

spending money as if it grows on trees

spending money as if there were no tomorrow

spending money as if it were going out of style

spending money as if it were going out of fashion

defraying the cost of

coming up with the money

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(of time or an opportunity) Present participle for to fail to take advantage of

Verb

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Present participle for to completely bungle (an opportunity)

Verb

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Present participle for to use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose

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