squandering

Plural: squanderings

Noun

• spending resources lavishly and wastefully
  • "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
• The act by which something is squandered; wastage.

Verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away
• spend extravagantly
• present participle and gerund of squander

Synonyms

blow, consume, squander, ware, waste

Antonyms

conserve