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misspend
Overview of verb misspend
The verb misspend has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. misspend -- (spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth")
2. misspend -- (spend (money or other resources) unwisely)
Antonyms of verb misspend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb misspend
2 senses of misspend
Sense 1
misspend
=> spend, pass
Sense 2
misspend
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb misspend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb misspend
2 senses of misspend
Sense 1
misspend
=> spend, pass
Sense 2
misspend
=> spend, expend, drop
'Cause To' of verb misspend
Derived Forms of verb misspend
Domain of verb misspend
Domain Terms of verb misspend
Familiarity of verb misspend
misspend used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb misspend
2 senses of misspend
Sense 1
misspend
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
misspend
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb misspend
2 senses of misspend
Sense 1
misspend
> spend, pass
=> soldier
=> lead
=> sunday
=> christmas
=> put in
=> weekend
=> piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> misspend
=> vacation, holiday
=> serve, do
=> while away, get through
=> sojourn
=> winter, overwinter
=> summer
Sense 2
misspend
> spend, expend, drop
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> afford
=> blow
=> wanton, wanton away, trifle away
=> underspend
=> misspend
=> penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> invest, put, commit, place
=> save, economize, economise
=> lay out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb misspend
Sense 1
misspend
=> spend, pass
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Sense 2
misspend
=> spend, expend, drop
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Grep of verb misspend
misspend
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