Misspends

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To allocate time, money, or resources in a manner that is ineffective and unproductive To exhaust valuable assets carelessly instead of optimizing their use To handle opportunities or finances poorly, leading to wastefulness
2. To use money or time in a way that leads to unnecessary loss or poor results
3. To spend resources in a careless manner that results in waste or inefficiency

Etymology: "Misspends" is the third-person singular present of "misspend," a verb formed by attaching the prefix "mis-" to "spend." The prefix comes from Old English "mis-," meaning "wrong" or "amiss," and it has been attached to many native verbs, such as "misuse" and "misread." "Spend" itself derives from Latin "expendere," "to weigh out," a sense that survives in the idea of paying out money by weight in early commerce. Because "misspend" simply combines two existing English elements, its meaning follows directly from them: to spend wrongly, or to spend in a way that wastes the thing spent.

Synonyms: wastes, misuses, squanders, dissipates, throws away

Antonyms: saves, invests, utilizes, conserves, manages