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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend or use without thought; dwindle |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, be of no avail, blow, burn up, consume, corrode, crumble, debilitate, decay, decline, decrease, deplete, disable, disappear, dissipate, divert, drain, droop, eat away, ebb, emaciate, empty, enfeeble, exhaust, fade, fritter away, frivol away, gamble away, gnaw, go to waste, lavish, lose, misapply, misemploy, misuse, perish, pour down the drain, run dry, run through, sap, sink, splurge, squander, thin, throw away, trifle away, undermine, wane, wear, wear out, wilt, wither |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | fritter away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | blow*, deplete, diddle away, dissipate, fribble away, fritter, gamble away, misspend, run through, spend foolishly, squander, throw away, trifle away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ill-treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, ill-use, maltreat, misemploy, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Main Entry: | ill-use |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, ill-treat, maltreat, misemploy, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Main Entry: | prodigality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | profligacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | wastefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wildness |
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| Main Entry: | extravagance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Lucullan, dissipated, extravagant, fullhanded, improvident, lavish, losel, nimious, overliberal, penny, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
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