Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squandersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: squan-der-some
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.

Example Sentences

"They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it."
"Worldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US."
"I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways."

Etymology

Etymology tree English squander Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English squandersome From squander + -some.

Inflected Forms

more squandersome (comparative) most squandersome (superlative)

Synonyms

frittersome

Questions

What does squandersome mean?: Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
Where does squandersome come from?: Etymology tree English squander Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English squandersome From squander + -some.

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