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misspent
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Word definitions for misspent in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth" spend (money or other resources) unwisely [also: misspent ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of misspent.
Eden Under Glass, and while those crazy and delightful little bubble cities are definitely not for me, there was something there that turned it into one of those funny, colorful things that sometimes come to me, bubblelike, whenever I am awaiting the outcome of peril or reflecting upon the few lessons that can be learned in the course of a misspent life.
So, alternately beating and beaten, they made their dolorous way through the beautiful woods and under the amber arches of the fading beech-trees, where the calm strength and majesty of Nature might serve to rebuke the foolish energies and misspent strivings of mankind.