misspent


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mis·spend

 (mĭs-spĕnd′)
tr.v. mis·spent (-spĕnt′), mis·spend·ing, mis·spends
To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth.
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misspent

(ˌmɪsˈspɛnt)
adj
not used profitably or wiselythe period when one is young and spend's one's time doing foolish, bad, or frivolous things
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misspent

[ˌmɪsˈspent] ADJ a misspent youth → una juventud malgastada or desperdiciada
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misspent

[ˌmɪsˈspɛnt] adj
his misspent youth → sa folle jeunesse
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misspent

adj → vergeudet, verschwendet; I regret my misspent youth → ich bedaure es, in meiner Jugend so ein liederliches Leben geführt zu haben; (= wasted youth) → ich bedaure es, meine Jugend so vergeudet or vertan zu haben
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misspent

[ˈmɪsˌspɛnt] adj his misspent youth → la sua gioventù dissoluta
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If your business necessitated your seeing "the House," you were put into a species of Condemned Hold at the back, where you meditated on a misspent life, until the House came with its bands in its pockets, and you could hardly blink at it in the dismal twilight.
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They, in their different homes, and their different ways, might be looking back on it with pleasure; but in her view it was a morning more completely misspent, more totally bare of rational satisfaction at the time, and more to be abhorred in recollection, than any she had ever passed.
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Still, her education and habits triumphed, and she would not commend what she regarded as ingenuity misspent, and tasteless, because senseless, luxury.
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So, alternately beating and beaten, they made their dolorous way through the beautiful woods and under the amber arches of the fading beech-trees, where the calm strength and majesty of Nature might serve to rebuke the foolish energies and misspent strivings of mankind.
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In many ways his was a misspent life "at once unfinished and a ruin."* His was the poet's soul bound in the body of clay.
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Look back upon a dreadful misspent life, and ask thyself what thou hast NOT done?
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But to the fevered head on which that cool air blew, it seemed to come laden with remorse for time misspent and countless opportunities neglected.
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And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one.
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Mad with excitement as I was, ruined, dishonored, and now finally determined to make an end of my misspent life, my only surprise to this day is that I did not do so then and there.
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Denise is not alone in having a misspent youth in the sun.
Why I'm a fake tanner these days!
IN-FIGHTING among those at the top, old stars who offer little support, promises made then broken, money misspent, overpaid outsiders brought in who have no understanding of things and are sent packing, and a ticketing fiasco that results in profits for touts at the expense of the average person.
Letter: You say - Passive participants
'Nor will it hesitate to recover misspent money from member states.'
We will stamp out fraud says EC

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