Crossword clues for misspend
misspend
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
WordNet
v. spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth"
spend (money or other resources) unwisely
[also: misspent]
Usage examples of "misspend".
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.
Harold W» Smith did not approve of off-color jokes or misspending of a penny, much less political espionage.