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41Mispend — Mispell Mis*pell , v. t., Mispend Mis*pend , v. t., etc. See {Misspell}, {Misspend}, etc. [1913 Webster] …
42Misspent — Mis*spent , imp. & p. p. of {Misspend}. [1913 Webster] …
43To give one the cold shoulder — Cold Cold (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan …
442005 New Zealand election funding controversy — The 2005 New Zealand election funding controversy occurred in the aftermath of the 2005 New Zealand general election.Under New Zealand s political system, parties may only spend, during the 90 days before the election, up to a certain amount on… …
45misspent — /mis spent / 1. pt. and pp. of misspend. adj. 2. spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted: misspent youth. * * * …
46waste — wastable, adj. wasteless, adj. /wayst/, v., wasted, wasting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words. 2. to fail or neglect to use: to …
47dissipate — dis·si·pate / di sə ˌpāt/ vt pat·ed, pat·ing: to use (marital assets) for one s own benefit and to the exclusion of one s spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown… …
48misemploy — I verb abuse, abuti, corrupt, defile, desecrate, dissipate, distort, divert, employ improperly, ill treat, ill use, maltreat, manipulate improperly, misapply, misappropriate, misconduct, misdirect, misdo, mishandle, mismanage, misrule, misspend,… …
49fritter — Synonyms and related words: apple fritter, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bismarck, blow, cast away, consume, cruller, dissipate, doughnut, fastnacht, fool away, friedcake, fritter away, idle away, misspend, olykoek, raised doughnut, sinker,… …
50spend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disburse, pay out, ex pend; consume, exhaust; pass, employ. See ejection, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To expend] Syn. consume, deplete, waste, dispense, contribute, donate, give, liquidate,… …
