misexpend

verb

misexpend

verb

Etymology From mis- + expend.

1

To expend badly or wrongly.

I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths.1664, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas, 6th edition, page 53:

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