Meanings
verbmisexpend (third-person singular simple present misexpends, present participle misexpending, simple past and past participle misexpended)
present singular third person misexpends · participle present misexpending · participle past misexpended · past misexpended
- transitiveTo 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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misexpend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misexpend
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“misexpend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misexpend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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