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    misspent
    [ˌmi(s)ˈspent]
    adjective
    misspent (adjective)
    1. (especially of time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully spent:
      "perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth"
    mis·spend
    [ˌmi(s)ˈspend]
    verb
    misspent (past tense) · misspent (past participle)
    1. spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully:
      "he was forced to resign following accusations of misspending public funds"
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    adjective
    1. (especially of time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully spent:
      wasted
      dissipated
      squandered
      prodigal
      misused
      misapplied
      irregular
      idle
      profitless
      unprofitable
      thrown away
      frittered away
      Opposite:
      fruitful
      profitable
      well regulated
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  1. Spent wrongly or unwisely
    misspent [ mis- spent ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA verb simple past tense and past participle of misspend. adjective spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted: misspent youth.

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    misspent adjective /ˌmɪsˈspent/ /ˌmɪsˈspent/ [usually before noun] (of time or money) spent in a careless rather than a useful way

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    To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth.

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    • Misspell

      MISSPELL definition: 1. to fail to spell a word correctly 2. to fail to spell a word …

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      MISSPEND definition: 1. to use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not …

     
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    What does misspent mean?
    Definition of misspent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of time or money) spent in a careless rather than a useful way He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young).

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    What does Misspent Youth mean?
    A misspent youth poaching your father's game, I fear,' he said quietly. It's only later that you think about the years wasted; if I had to have a youth, I wish now it could have been misspent. 2 meanings: 1. not used profitably or wisely 2. → See one's misspent youth.... Click for more definitions.

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    What is the past tense of misspend?
    simple past tense and past participle of misspend. misspent youth. Meanwhile, officials in Nebraska have found that nearly 66% of the state’s unemployment money has been misspent on things like potentially fraudulent claims, payments to ineligible inmates and people receiving benefits from multiple programs.

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    What is a Misspent moment?
    Misspent moments are so much of life and character thrown away; be careful to use them all in God's service. This may appear for us a toilsome task, but if the reader be not fatigued also, our time will not be misspent. Be silent, man, if you do not wish your sinful, misspent life to come to a sudden and violent end.

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    What if the money was misspent?
    It would only be in order to retrieve what had been misspent that the money would be demanded back. The whole point is to try to get back the money that was misspent. That is the product of a misspent youth. However, that will be misspent, as it was in 1985. Therefore, the money cannot be said to have been altogether misspent.

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    How many occurrences of the adjective misspent per million words?
    About 0.04 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the adjective misspent pronounced? Where does the adjective misspent come from? misspent misspent English misspent misspend v.

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