Today’s “Word of the Day” is fritter away and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to waste, squander, misspend, misuse something (time or money); spend or use up recklessly/unwisely.
Example Sentence: Pakistan has always spent far more on imports than it has earned in exports. It is a big exporter of labour but the remittances Pakistanis working abroad send home are frittered away on consumption. They are not invested in industry. Though it is a cotton-producing country, the textile sector remains underdeveloped. Promising IT activity has not blossomed into a tech boom, unlike in neighbouring India.
This word is present in Pakistanis are leaving our country in droves due to inflation and job losses – who can blame them? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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