Synonyms for squandered
squan·dered

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1. squandered, wastedadjective

   not used to good advantage

   "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, wasted, bony, haggard, atrophied, skeletal, cadaverous, emaciated, otiose, pointless, senseless, diminished, gaunt, purposeless, pinched

   Antonyms:
   found

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1. List of paraphrases for "squandered":

   wasted, missed, dissipated

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1. George Best:

   I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

2. Donald Trump:

   We know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you call you a carnival barking clown, they know you inherited a fortune squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   The Speaker of the House has awesome power. I know that. I've been there, the fact, though, is that power is not to be squandered.

4. State John Kerry on Thursday:

   We will have squandered the best chance we have to solve this problem through peaceful means.

5. Christopher Moriates:

   Many times the assumption seems to be that these patients use their inhalers outside of the hospital so they already know how to do so, but this study and others have shown this is not true and the vast majority of these patients actively misuse their inhalers, the astonishing thing is these patients often spend a few days in the hospital, receiving respiratory therapies multiple times each day, so lack of effective inhaler teaching during hospitalization is a foolishly squandered golden opportunity.