squander: to spend or use wastefully, to scatter

　　1) to waste; to spend or use wastefully

　　2) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

　　You worked hard to earn that money, so don’t squander it on silly things like video games!

　　Norma squandered her money on a CD because she could not wait two days for it to go on sale.

　　Jimmy Carter’s administration refused to squander billions of dollars on the B-1 bomber program.

　　相近词汇：dissipate, misuse, waste