misspent
adjective/ˌmɪsˈspent/
/ˌmɪsˈspent/
[usually before noun]- (of time or money) spent in a careless rather than a useful way
- He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young).
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