misspense

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ spense, shortened form of expense.

Noun

misspense (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Improper spending; waste.
   • 1680, Isaac Barrow, Of the love of God and our neighbour, in several sermons:

     So that now to engage in contest about them, may be reasonably deemed nothing more than a wilful mispense of our time, labour and good humour [...]

Related terms

• misspend