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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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    What does misspent mean?
    If you say that time or money has been misspent, you disapprove of the way in which it has been spent. Much of the money was grossly misspent. To spend thoughtlessly or wastefully.

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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 does 'misspend' mean?
    To misspend is to use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not wise.

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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 does it mean if time or money has been misspent?
    If you say that time or money has been misspent, you disapprove of the way in which it has been spent.

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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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