trifle away การใช้

His family was rather wealthy, however after his father died, the wealth was quickly trifled away by family members.
And when, in John Adams's words, that " trust is insidiously betrayed or wantonly trifled away, the people have a right to revoke the authority that they themselves have deputed ."
With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat ."
In other words, those that are rich and have spare time may make better use of their time " in gaining arts, and tongues " ( Makin 1673 ), rather than " to trifle away so many precious minutes merely to polish their hands and feet, to curl their locks, to dress and trim their bodies " ( Makin 1673 ).