To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
The word "squander" is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it when referring to the wasteful use of something, particularly money. Example sentence: She squandered her inheritance on expensive gifts for her friends.
Privacy advocates who oppose the USA Freedom Act consider the bill to squander the unique legislative opportunity afforded by Section 215's expiration.
I will not squander the gains … hard won by the British people.
David Mitchell, the perpetually mildly annoyed UK comedian and writer, thinks about a perpetual furniture company that won't squander resources by making cheap furniture from "MDF and hope".
Given how many of them we squander on pleasantries, you'd be forgiven for forgetting their universal import.
I owe it to them to not squander their sacrifices, but to make full use of the right that they fought so hard for.
I think the country is ready for this now and I don't think we should squander that," she says.
It is hard to believe that Europe's policymakers would squander their progress in calming the single currency's crisis by botching the bail-out of such a minnow.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia