misexpend

misexpend

English

Etymology

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.