misspend en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English misspenden, equivalent to mis- + spend.
Meanings
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To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!
Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misspent | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misspent | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misspends | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misspending | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |