See squander in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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."
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"ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2:",
"text": "[…]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]",
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{
"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",
"tags": [
"South-America"
],
"word": "farrear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to waste",
"word": "malgastar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to waste",
"word": "desperdiciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to waste",
"word": "feriar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to waste",
"word": "dilapidar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to waste",
"word": "despalillar"
},
{
"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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