Meanings
comparative more squandersome · superlative most squandersome
- Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways.
2013, Claudia Kolker, The Immigrant Advantage2 more examples
They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.
1987, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space MerchantsWorldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US.
2013, Jennifer Duggan, Village Magazine: China: the US circa 1970Synonyms: frittersome
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
Origin
- Englishsquander
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishsquandersome
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squandersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squandersome
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