英 [ˌmɪsˈspent] 美 [ˌmɪsˈspent]
v. 滥用；虚度；浪费（misspend 的过去分词）
... spellbound 被迷住的 misspent 浪费的 entranced 出神的 ...
Much of the money was grossly misspent.
很多钱都被挥霍了。
A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.
一间干净的房子是一个浪费的人生的标志。
Money misspent one year is clawed back the next.
今年浪费的钱财要在下一年设法加以弥补。
My own chronic injury owes to a misspent youth trying to be the next Steve Prefontaine.
But many of the mechanisms for recovering misspent funds are inadequate, the auditors say.
By one estimate, a fifth of government revenue is pinched, and much of the rest misspent.