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Recent Examples of misspend Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year. Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024 There are also mounting concerns that the new wealth has been misspent. Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2014 But then oil prices dropped and Chávez died, followed by Castro, and the money that had flooded into Cuba to fund Revolution 2.0 was gone, largely misspent and stolen. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024 In February, he was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the group's money by a New York jury. Hans Nichols, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for misspend 

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“Misspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspend. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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