Misspend \Mis*spend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misspent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misspending}.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to squander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. --J. Philips.
Misspent \Mis*spent"\, imp. & p. p. of {Misspend}.
Some experts here believe the best way to ensure that the U.S.-promoted spending program isn't misspent would be to leave the beneficent Americans with a say in the execution of their idea.
But he constantly criticized his Contra colleagues, saying they misspent money.
In his report to Weldon, which has been made public, Dunleavy also said the partnership misspent $125,000 in federal funds on ineligible items such as a promotion film and advertising.
For the past two decades that 3 per cent has been misspent, thanks to financial incentives which reward inefficiency and poor treatment.
The two men plotted Haddad's slaying because they lost or misspent an undisclosed large sum of his money, Lewis said.
HUD officials contend that money may have been misspent.
"I never misspent a penny," Mrs. Mofford told the station. "It was appropriated for VIP gifts, and I used it for that type of purpose.
Ms. Gievers, a lawyer, was appointed by the court in March to oversee Ronnie's estate after the charges arose that the money might have been misspent by Ms. DeSillers.
The government is recovering misspent funds from the officers and directors of failed savings institutions and banks at a rate better than $1 million a day, a top regulator said.
Opponents of the funding argued that the Contras couldn't win their war and had misspent millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayers' money.
Earlier this year, the People's Daily reported that $52 million allocated by the government for aiding povertry-stricken areas was misspent by local officials on such things as tape recorders and cars.
Some examples: _He appointed trustees to take over a long-troubled Brooklyn school district where auditors found $2 million was misspent and children were deprived of remedial reading, drug education and other services.
Lest any investor worry about misspent funds, the cost of the sequel represents a sound investment; "Hammer" so far has turned into a literary gusher, earning more than $600,000 in royalties for Occidental.