Usually means: Used or invested unwisely or improperly.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word misspent:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. misspent: Merriam-Webster
  2. misspent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misspent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. misspent: Vocabulary.com
  5. Misspent, misspent: Wordnik
  6. misspent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. misspent: Wiktionary
  8. misspent: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Misspent, misspent: Dictionary.com
  10. Misspent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. misspent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Misspent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. misspent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. misspent: FreeDictionary.org
  15. misspent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misspent: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Spent in a bad way, squandered

Similar:
miswrought, misgotten, misallotted, misused, misconceived, misplaced, misparked, misbegotten, miscoined, misbegun, more...

Opposite:
well-spent, wisely-spent, productively-spent

Phrases:
Misspent Youth, Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth, more...

Adjectives:
time, own, much, many, little, long, idle, precious



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Similar:
miswrought, misgotten, misallotted, misused, misconceived, misplaced, misparked, misbegotten, miscoined, misbegun, more...

Opposite:
well-spent, wisely-spent, productively-spent

Phrases:
Misspent Youth, Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth, more...

Adjectives:
time, own, much, many, little, long, idle, precious



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