- present participle of squander.
squandering
Example Sentences
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Oversight of payments to your brother not only prevents him from squandering the money, but it helps family wealth outlast a single generation, the law firm adds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
However, in the tie-break, Sinner upped his first serves and after squandering the first of two set points, an Alcaraz double fault gave him the initiative in the match.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
That he’s done it on a team that has managed only three wins so far doesn’t merely mean that the Browns are in the process of squandering a season for the ages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
He accused them of "squandering" a special fund set up to overhaul infrastructure and for climate projects.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
The passenger pigeon remained an emblem of natural bounty, but now it also represented the squandering of that bounty.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
