(misspent, misspent ) [VN] [usuallypassive] to spend time or money in a careless rather than a useful way:
He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young).
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is misspend a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, misspend is tagged as verb.
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