Squandering and Thrift

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Squandering noun - Spending resources lavishly and wastefully.

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Thrift is an antonym for squandering.

Nearby Words: squander, squandered, squanderer

Thrift noun - Careful management of material resources.

Usage example: through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college

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Squandering is an antonym for thrift.

Nearby Words: thrifty, thriftless, thriftily

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