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squander [ˈskwɒndə] VB trans

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With just three minutes of normal time remaining, the hosts squandered a gilt-edged chance to find an equaliser.
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That growing collection of crumbs in your keyboard is just another sad reminder of squandered opportunities and joyless lunchtimes.
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Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor.
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Only 5.5 million yuan was ever recovered by the police, with the remainder squandered by the perpetrators' gambling.
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They include the avaricious or miserly (including many clergymen, and popes and cardinals), who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them.
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He had squandered much of his income on high living and poor investments.
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Having squandered his inheritance, and with a proclivity for drinking and gambling, he accumulated debts.
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Later it was sold and the proceeds squandered in that ill-fated project.
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She originally worked for the family of a rich watchmaker, but they squandered their money on entertainment and could not pay the servants.
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Her husband squandered her money, leaving her in desperate financial straits.
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