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misspent

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mis·spend  (ms-spnd)
tr.v. mis·spent (-spnt), mis·spend·ing, mis·spends
To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth.
Translations
misspent [ˈmɪsˈspɛnt] adj his misspent youth → su juventud disipada
misspent [ˈmɪsˈspɛnt] adj his misspent youth → sa folle jeunesse
misspent [ˈmɪsˈspɛnt] adj (youth) → vergeudet
misspent [mɪsˈspɛnt] adj his misspent youth → la sua gioventù sciupata


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They, in their different homes, and their different ways, might be looking back on it with pleasure; but in her view it was a morning more completely misspent, more totally bare of rational satisfaction at the time, and more to be abhorred in recollection, than any she had ever passed.
If your business necessitated your seeing "the House," you were put into a species of Condemned Hold at the back, where you meditated on a misspent life, until the House came with its bands in its pockets, and you could hardly blink at it in the dismal twilight.
Still, her education and habits triumphed, and she would not commend what she regarded as ingenuity misspent, and tasteless, because senseless, luxury.
 
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