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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Dissipating
Can I use the word 'dissipating' to mean 'wasting' and in the follwoing way:
'You are dissipating your money.'
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'You are dissipating your money.'
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It is not incorrect, but it is not something one generally hears in common usage. " The sentences below are more natural: You are wasting your money. Your spending is wasteful.
- It is not incorrect, but it is not something one generally hears in common usage.
- " The sentences below are more natural: You are wasting your money.
- Your spending is wasteful.
- You need to watch your spending.
- You are acting like a spendthrift.
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It is not incorrect, but it is not something one generally hears in common usage. Usually "dissipate" in connection with money is used more like this: "John quickly dissipated the inheritance his father left him." or, "He was dissipating the fortune his father left him with nothing of value to show for it."
The sentences below are more natural:
You are wasting your money.
The sentences below are more natural:
You are wasting your money.
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