misexpend

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ expend.

Verb

misexpend (third-person singular simple present misexpends, present participle misexpending, simple past and past participle misexpended)

  1. (transitive) To expend badly or wrongly.
    • 1664, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas, 6th edition, page 53:
      I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths.
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