"squander" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskwɒnd.ə/ [UK], [ˈskwɒnd.ə] [UK], /ˈskwɑn.dɚ/ [US], [ˈskʷɑn.dɚ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: squanders [present, singular, third-person], squandering [participle, present], squandered [participle, past], squandered [past]
Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ) Etymology: Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander. Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown origin}} unknown origin, {{blend|en|scatter|wander|nocap=1}} blend of scatter + wander, {{cog|da|skvætte}} Danish skvætte, {{q|rare}} (rare), {{m|da|skvatte|t=to splash}} skvatte (“to splash”), {{m|da|skvæt}} skvæt, {{cog|is|skvetta|t=to squirt}} Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), {{cog|sv|skvätta|t=to splash}} Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), {{cog|nb|skvette}} Norwegian Bokmål skvette Head templates: {{en-verb}} squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)
  1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. Translations (to waste): esbarafundiar (Asturian), dağıtmaq (Azerbaijani), aşırmaq (Azerbaijani), əritmək (Azerbaijani), korlamaq (Azerbaijani), satıb-sovmaq (Azerbaijani), прахосвам (prahosvam) (Bulgarian), пропилявам (propiljavam) (Bulgarian), malgastar (Catalan), balafiar (Catalan), malbaratar (Catalan), tudar (Catalan), 浪費 (Chinese Mandarin), 浪费 (làngfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), dissipur (Dalmatian), verspillen (Dutch), verkwanselen (Dutch), verbrassen (Dutch), verkwisten (Dutch), malŝpari (Esperanto), disperdi (Esperanto), tuhlata (Finnish), haaskata (Finnish), törsätä (Finnish), gâcher (French), gaspiller (French), dilapider (French), verschwenden (German), vergeuden (German), verprassen (German), elpazarol (Hungarian), elpocsékol (Hungarian), eltékozol (Hungarian), elfecsérel (Hungarian), elherdál (Hungarian), mänettää (Ingrian), dissipare (Italian), dilapidare (Italian), scialare (Italian), sperperare (Italian), 浪費する (rōhi suru) (alt: ろうひする) (Japanese), 乱費する (ranpi suru) (alt: らんぴする) (Japanese), 使い尽くす (tsukaitsukusu) (alt: つかいつくす) (Japanese), 낭비하다 (nangbihada) (Korean), 랑비하다 (rangbihada) [North-Korea] (Korean), helluor (Latin), prōdigō (Latin), lancinō (Latin), expatrō (Latin), а́рчи (árči) (Macedonian), ᠮᠠᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (mamgiyambi) (Manchu), whakapau (Maori), whakamaumau (Maori), барах (barax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), үрэх (ürex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), بر باد دادن (bar bâd dâdan) (Persian), هدر دادن (hadar dâdan) (Persian), marnować [imperfective] (Polish), zmarnować [perfective] (Polish), trwonić [imperfective] (Polish), roztrwonić [perfective] (Polish), marnotrawić [imperfective] (Polish), zmarnotrawić [perfective] (Polish), esbanjar (Portuguese), irosi (Romanian), прома́тывать (promátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), промота́ть (promotátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разбаза́ривать (razbazárivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разбаза́рить (razbazáritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), растра́чивать (rastráčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), растра́тить (rastrátitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), расточа́ть (rastočátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расточи́ть (rastočítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), транжи́рить (tranžíritʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), растранжи́рить (rastranžíritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), malbaratar (Spanish), despilfarrar (Spanish), derrochar (Spanish), farrear (Spanish), malgastar (Spanish), desperdiciar (Spanish), slösa (Swedish), heba etmek (Turkish), ziyan etmek (Turkish), çarçur etmek (english: to spend lavishly) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-squander-en-verb-ypyTQotd Disambiguation of 'to waste': 100 0 0
  2. (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-squander-en-verb-is-RZGZX
  3. (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-squander-en-verb-yIVu4rzb Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 29 26 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 9 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waste, splurge, ducks and drakes, throw away

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1746, Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac\nDost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal.",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "malgastar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "balafiar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "malbaratar"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "tudar"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "浪費"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "làngfèi",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "浪费"
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          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "dissipur"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "verspillen"
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          "sense": "to waste",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "malŝpari"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "disperdi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "tuhlata"
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "haaskata"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "törsätä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "gâcher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "gaspiller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "dilapider"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "verschwenden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "vergeuden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "verprassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "elpazarol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "elpocsékol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "eltékozol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "elfecsérel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "elherdál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "mänettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "dissipare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "dilapidare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "scialare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "sperperare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "ろうひする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rōhi suru",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "浪費する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "らんぴする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ranpi suru",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "乱費する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "つかいつくす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsukaitsukusu",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "使い尽くす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nangbihada",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "낭비하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rangbihada",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "랑비하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "helluor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "prōdigō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "lancinō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "expatrō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "árči",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "а́рчи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "mamgiyambi",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "ᠮᠠᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "whakapau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "whakamaumau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "barax",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "барах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ürex",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "үрэх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bar bâd dâdan",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "بر باد دادن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hadar dâdan",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "هدر دادن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "marnować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmarnować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "trwonić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "roztrwonić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "marnotrawić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmarnotrawić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "esbanjar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "word": "irosi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "promátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прома́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "promotátʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "промота́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbazárivatʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбаза́ривать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbazáritʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбаза́рить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastráčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "растра́чивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastrátitʹ",
          "sense": "to waste",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "растра́тить"
        },
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        "(obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter."
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "esbarafundiar"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "dağıtmaq"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "aşırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "əritmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "korlamaq"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "satıb-sovmaq"
    },
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "прахосвам"
    },
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "пропилявам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "malgastar"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "balafiar"
    },
    {
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "tudar"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "浪費"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "浪费"
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      "word": "dissipur"
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      "word": "verspillen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "verbrassen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "malŝpari"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "disperdi"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "tuhlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "haaskata"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "törsätä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "gaspiller"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "dilapider"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "verschwenden"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "word": "mänettää"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "dissipare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "dilapidare"
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      "alt": "ろうひする",
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      "word": "浪費する"
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      "alt": "らんぴする",
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      "word": "乱費する"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "а́рчи"
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "ᠮᠠᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "sense": "to waste",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "بر باد دادن"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "هدر دادن"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to waste",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "irosi"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прома́тывать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбаза́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbazáritʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбаза́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastráčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "растра́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastrátitʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "растра́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastočátʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расточа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastočítʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расточи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tranžíritʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "транжи́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastranžíritʹ",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "растранжи́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "malbaratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "despilfarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "derrochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "farrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "malgastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "desperdiciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "slösa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "heba etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "ziyan etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "to spend lavishly",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to waste",
      "word": "çarçur etmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squander"
}

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