fritter away

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fritter away

verb fritters away · frittering away · frittered away

transitive To squander or waste. Keep frittering money and resources away on such media for as long as you live or want.
Similar: piss away, fribble
transitive To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance. “There is little need,” said the monk, with a meaning look, “to fritter away the time in gewgaws.”

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@misc{fritter_away_2026,
  title = {fritter away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fritter%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}