Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Misspend
Mis-spend′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Misspent
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Misspending
.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to squander; to waste;
as, to
. misspend
time or moneyJ. Philips.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misspend
MISSPEND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To waste. The genial moisture due
To apples, otherwise misspends itself.
Definition 2024
misspend
misspend
English
Verb
misspend (third-person singular simple present misspends, present participle misspending, simple past and past participle misspent)
- To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
- I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]