Meaning of squanderation | Babel Free

Definitions

The act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness.

uncountable

Examples

“Had Corporal Jones produced his orders early on, we all might have been spared a lamentable squanderation of much-needed time.”

“The Democrats make quite outrageous demands for still greater squanderation of farm surpluses.”

“Only the unions, that is, and the federal tax authorities who have a vested interest in national squanderation.”

“This inflation is the direct and inevitable result of the squanderation policy that has been in effect for the past nine years and that has brought us to the brink of war with the greatest national indebtedness of any country, any where, at any time.”

“A policy of squanderation now will revive inflation without curing recession.”

“Pure squanderation of the cannon and unnecessarily flattening to the skeet.”

“With a huge overhanging national indebtedness brought on by the Roosevelt squanderation policies, it will end in economic chaos. War can and shall be avoided with wisdom in the high places.”

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