Squander
Meaning of Squander
To waste something valuable foolishly.
ما معنى كلمة Squander بالعربي؟
يُبدد أو يُضيع
💸🗑️ يُبدد أو يُضيع المال أو الموارد بطريقة غير حكيمة؛ يُنفق بإسراف دون تفكير في العواقب أو المستقبل؛ يُهدر الفرص الذهبية بسبب اللامبالاة أو سوء التقدير؛ يُتلف بالإهمال ما يُمكن أن يكون مُفيداً ونافعاً؛ يُدمر بالتبذير الثروات والإمكانيات المُتاحة أمامه 🗑️💸
قصة GL: رفض نايف العيسى تبديد قدراته الذهنية المُتبقية بعد الحادث، فاستثمر كل ذرة طاقة في تطوير منصة Organic G Brain التي تُحافظ على كنوز العقل البشري 💎
Squander in a sentence
Do not squander participants' goodwill with long surveys.
Firms squander talent without direction.
Trustees must not squander assets.
Pupils squander time on distractions.
Origin of Squander
Of uncertain origin; sixteenth century.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, squander means to waste. GL helps learners not squander their 43 days.
Squander audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Squander. A verb, pronounced SKWON-duh — in phonetics, /ˈskwɒndə/.
Narrator: To squander is to waste something valuable — money, time, talent, or a chance — carelessly, foolishly, and with nothing good to show for it.
Narrator: It first appears in the late 1500s; its precise origin is uncertain, possibly imitative, but it quickly settled on the sense of reckless wasting.
Narrator: From wasting money it broadened to wasting anything precious — a 'squandered' opportunity, a 'squandered' lead, a 'squandered' afternoon.
Narrator: In tone, squander is fairly formal and clearly disapproving, common in news and writing — it always implies regret over something thrown away.
Narrator: So keep this in mind: to squander is to waste carelessly — to throw away something valuable for nothing.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: He squandered his entire bonus on gadgets he never even opened.
Speaker B: What a shame. To 'squander' is to waste something valuable carelessly.
Speaker A: Exactly. And the team squandered a two-goal lead in the final ten minutes.
Speaker B: Quick tip — squander implies wasting something precious for nothing, while 'spend' is just neutral use. Squander always carries regret.
Speaker A: Right. So I spend money wisely, but I squander it foolishly.
Speaker B: Exactly. A close cousin is 'waste', though squander feels grander, often about big chances or sums.
Speaker A: Handy. So squander is to throw something valuable away.
Speaker B: Perfectly. Squander: to waste what's precious.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today 'squander' is our memory hook for prompts about not wasting resources — saving memory, trimming wasted calls, and using time and space efficiently.
Speaker A: So the word reminds us to ask the AI to stop wasting precious resources?
Speaker B: Exactly. Let's start with API calls.
Speaker B: It works because 'squander' frames wasting precious resources.
Speaker A: Nice. What about memory?
Speaker B: Try this.
Speaker A: Right, 'squander' makes the stop-wasting idea obvious.
Speaker B: Now a database.
Speaker B: Calling it 'squander' keeps the no-waste focus clear.
Speaker A: Can we do images?
Speaker B: Here's a tight one.
Speaker A: And one for a build?
Speaker B: This one's memorable.
Speaker A: I love how 'squander' makes 'don't waste the resources' easy to recall.
Speaker B: That's the trick — say 'squander', and the AI hunts down waste and saves resources instead of carelessly burning time, memory, and calls.
Frequently asked questions about Squander
What does Squander mean?
To waste something valuable foolishly.
ما معنى كلمة Squander بالعربي؟
يُبدد أو يُضيع — 💸🗑️ يُبدد أو يُضيع المال أو الموارد بطريقة غير حكيمة؛ يُنفق بإسراف دون تفكير في العواقب أو المستقبل؛ يُهدر الفرص الذهبية بسبب اللامبالاة أو سوء التقدير؛ يُتلف بالإهمال ما يُمكن أن يكون مُفيداً ونافعاً؛ يُدمر بالتبذير الثروات والإمكانيات المُتاحة أمامه 🗑️💸
How do you pronounce Squander?
Squander is pronounced /ˈskwɒndə/ and is used as a verb.
How is Squander used in a sentence?
Do not squander participants' goodwill with long surveys.
What are synonyms of Squander?
waste, fritter away, dissipate, misuse, throw away, blow.