Farrell, 34, had a reputation as an actor of range and subtlety, then nearly squandered his reputation by allowing himself to be slotted into one big-budget Hollywood dud after another: Alexander, SWAT, Miami Vice.
For the past year, Mumbai has squandered its reputation as a city safe for its working women.
But it's over grammar schools that she has truly squandered her reputation for caution, competence or moderation.
Although his foreign-policy positions may actually reflect the views of many Germans, Westerwelle has squandered the reputation for foreign-policy competence that the Free Democrats have had since the 1970s, when Hans-Dietrich Genscher was foreign minister.
Some made their names, others squandered their reputations.
The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand have squandered their reputations as bastions of technocratic prudence and rectitude in the fickle, corrupt world of Thai politics.
Nor is it likely that the court will squander its reputation to satisfy the ambitions of either presidential candidate.
THE first time it served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, in 2007-08, South Africa did much to squander its reputation as a beacon of human rights.
Concern for the needs of today's beneficiaries is inevitable, but tomorrow's beneficiaries will not thank them if they squander their reputation.
Today's position in the Radio 4 family is crucial - it is likely to feature prominently in a Radio 4 marketing push this summer - and the BBC will not want to squander its reputation as the most important news programme on British television and radio.
The government has attracted admiration for its success in steering the process that has brought the promise of an end to a century's sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, but it is squandering its reputation through disclosures from tribunals of cronyism and corruption that still permeate Ireland's public life.
