misspentadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈspɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪ(s)ˈspɛnt/

Forms: late Middle English myspent, late Middle English–1800s mispent, 1700s– misspent; Scottish pre-1700 mispendit, pre-1700 mispent.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English misspent , misspend v.

Etymology: < misspent, past participle of misspend v. Compare slightly earlier misdispended adj.

Badly, wastefully, or inappropriately spent; wasted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > mis-spent

misdispended?a1425

misspentc1440

frittered1791

c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 I am brought vn-to you to make present Of this litell newe book..I had doon thus or this, saue myspent tyme Letted me.

a1456 (a1407) H. Scogan Moral Balade (Ashm.) 11 in F. J. Furnivall Chaucer's Minor Poems (1879) iii. 427/1 More I compleyne my mispent Iuvente Þe whiche is inpossible ageine to calle.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 The mispent tyme, the seruice vane.

1568 Lichtoun in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 48 Cast thé thairfoir mispendit tyme to mend.

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 287 If they..keep abroad late, they must be called to a strict accompt, and pay a new reckning, after their mispent day, in the evening.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iv, in Wks. (1721) III. 114 O that my mispent Years I might re-live.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 177 The shameful close of all his mispent years.

1816 J. Austen Emma III. viii. 133 In her view it was a morning more completely mispent..than any she had ever passed.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxv. 2 So in her own misspent worship uneasily lost.

1920 E. Pound in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) III. 9 His misspent premalthusian youth.

1953 P. Larkin Let. 4 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 192 I return with that familiar post-holiday feeling—misdirected energy, misplaced affection, misspent money!

1991 Soldier of Fortune Dec. 58/1 I've found many occasions in my misspent life when it was necessary to tie a pistol on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misspent
释义	misspentadj. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈspɛnt/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈspɛnt/ Forms: late Middle English myspent, late Middle English–1800s mispent, 1700s– misspent; Scottish pre-1700 mispendit, pre-1700 mispent. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English misspent , misspend v. Etymology: < misspent, past participle of misspend v. Compare slightly earlier misdispended adj. Badly, wastefully, or inappropriately spent; wasted. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > mis-spent misdispended?a1425 misspentc1440 frittered1791 c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 I am brought vn-to you to make present Of this litell newe book..I had doon thus or this, saue myspent tyme Letted me. a1456 (a1407) H. Scogan Moral Balade (Ashm.) 11 in F. J. Furnivall Chaucer's Minor Poems (1879) iii. 427/1 More I compleyne my mispent Iuvente Þe whiche is inpossible ageine to calle. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 The mispent tyme, the seruice vane. 1568 Lichtoun in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 48 Cast thé thairfoir mispendit tyme to mend. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 287 If they..keep abroad late, they must be called to a strict accompt, and pay a new reckning, after their mispent day, in the evening. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iv, in Wks. (1721) III. 114 O that my mispent Years I might re-live. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 177 The shameful close of all his mispent years. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. viii. 133 In her view it was a morning more completely mispent..than any she had ever passed. View more context for this quotation 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxv. 2 So in her own misspent worship uneasily lost. 1920 E. Pound in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) III. 9 His misspent premalthusian youth. 1953 P. Larkin Let. 4 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 192 I return with that familiar post-holiday feeling—misdirected energy, misplaced affection, misspent money! 1991 Soldier of Fortune Dec. 58/1 I've found many occasions in my misspent life when it was necessary to tie a pistol on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1440
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