Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to squander
Participle: squandered
Gerund: squandering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | squander |
| you | squander |
| he;she;it | squanders |
| we | squander |
| you | squander |
| they | squander |
Perfect
| I | have squandered |
| you | have squandered |
| he;she;it | has squandered |
| we | have squandered |
| you | have squandered |
| they | have squandered |
Past
| I | squandered |
| you | squandered |
| he;she;it | squandered |
| we | squandered |
| you | squandered |
| they | squandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had squandered |
| you | had squandered |
| he;she;it | had squandered |
| we | had squandered |
| you | had squandered |
| they | had squandered |
Future
| I | will squander |
| you | will squander |
| he;she;it | will squander |
| we | will squander |
| you | will squander |
| they | will squander |
Future Perfect
| I | will have squandered |
| you | will have squandered |
| he;she;it | will have squandered |
| we | will have squandered |
| you | will have squandered |
| they | will have squandered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | squander |
| you | squander |
| he;she;it | squander |
| we | squander |
| you | squander |
| they | squander |
Perfect
| I | have squandered |
| you | have squandered |
| he;she;it | have squandered |
| we | have squandered |
| you | have squandered |
| they | have squandered |
Imperfect
| I | squandered |
| you | squandered |
| he;she;it | squandered |
| we | squandered |
| you | squandered |
| they | squandered |
Pluperfect
| I | had squandered |
| you | had squandered |
| he;she;it | had squandered |
| we | had squandered |
| you | had squandered |
| they | had squandered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would squander |
| you | would squander |
| he;she;it | would squander |
| we | would squander |
| you | would squander |
| they | would squander |
Perfect
| I | would have squandered |
| you | would have squandered |
| he;she;it | would have squandered |
| we | would have squandered |
| you | would have squandered |
| they | would have squandered |
Imperative
| you | squander |
| we | Let's squander |
| you | squander |
Verbs conjugated like 'squander'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'squander'
quander,
slander,
sunder,
bewander,
blunder,
brander,
chunder,
dander,
daunder,
founder,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to scatter in different directions
- besprenge, desparple, disgregate, disparkle, disparple, disperple, disperse, distribute, dwindle, flurr, insperse, instrew, resperse, scatter, sparble, sparkle, sparse, sperse, spread, springe, strew, strinkle, todrive, togo, torat
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette. See: Danish '
skvætte', Icelandic '
skvetta', Swedish '
skvätta', Norwegian '
skvette'.
Sample Sentences
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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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[1746, Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard's Almanac”, in Agribusiness Management, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022:]
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I have squandered money enormously.... I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived. [1886, Cora Pearl, Memoirs:]
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Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. [1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, page 24:]
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As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal. [2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:]
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[…]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…] [1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2:]
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[…]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole. [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], page 193, column 1:]