misspend

Meanings

• verb

  Spend money unwisely or extravagantly

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with misspend
spend , mend , lend , rend

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Variants

List of all variants of misspend that leads to same result
misspend , misspending , misspends , misspent

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to waste time'. Later came to mean 'to waste money'. Derived from the Old English word 'spendan', meaning 'to expend'.

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Trivia

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1. Misspend is an uncommon word and is not often used in everyday conversation.

2. Misspend is a palindromic word, meaning it reads the same backward as forward (if you ignore the 's' at the end).

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Related Concepts

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1. waste: Misspend is related to the concept of waste as both words deal with the idea of using resources unnecessarily or inefficiently.

2. extravagance: Misspend is related to the concept of extravagance as both words deal with spending beyond what is necessary or reasonable.

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Culture

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Misspend has been used in literature and art to depict the consequences of excessive spending. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the character Tom Buchanan is described as having 'misspent' his youth.

How to Memorize "misspend"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pile of money being carelessly thrown away or burned.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'misspend' with the idea of regretting a decision to spend money unnecessarily.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the acronym 'MIS' for 'Money I Shouldn't' and 'SPEND' for 'Spend' to help remember the meaning of 'misspend'.

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