Verschwendung — meaning in English

English meaning

• dissipation noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
• profusion noun A very large quantity of something.
• splurge verb To spend money freely and extravagantly.
• waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

Verschwendung is used for these senses in English:

• dissipation A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
• profligacy (countable) Careless wastefulness.
• profusion lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
• splurge An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. [from 1928]
• waste The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

dissipation — full definition

1. noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
2. noun A lifestyle of excess, wasting time, money or health in the pursuit of pleasure.
3. noun A small thing that wastes time or takes your attention away from something else.
4. noun (physics) The gradual loss of energy from a system, usually given off as heat.

profusion — full definition

1. noun A very large quantity of something.
2. noun Spending money freely and without care, often too much.

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