Explore Frittered through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Frittered meaning
simple past and past participle of fritter
Using Frittered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of fritter
- In the example corpus, frittered often appears in combinations such as: frittered away.
Context around Frittered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frittered
- In this selection, "frittered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bye, steelers and away stand out and add context to how "frittered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include if i frittered away all and it was frittered away by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frittered" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frittered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The US frittered away that time. (6 words)
Manchester United has frittered away hundreds of millions in the transfer market. (12 words)
The fourth seed, who got a first-round bye, frittered away a strong start to bow out with a 0-5 loss. (22 words)
Just as in their opener against Argentina, France held on for a nerve-jangling 23-21 win, having built a big lead in the first half before seeing it frittered away after the break at Kumamoto Stadium. (37 words)
He said such critics have no moral rights to criticise the state government, as they have frittered away the resources and opportunity to build the airport when they were in government. (31 words)
Bell tweeted the "monocle" emoji after the frustrating, sloppy draw in the rain, in which the Steelers frittered away a 21-7 fourth-quarter lead on turnovers and mistakes. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
And if I frittered away all my good stuff in tweets, I would have nothing left for the daily column I was writing at that time.
Manchester United has frittered away hundreds of millions in the transfer market.
The US frittered away that time.
He said such critics have no moral rights to criticise the state government, as they have frittered away the resources and opportunity to build the airport when they were in government.
Just as in their opener against Argentina, France held on for a nerve-jangling 23-21 win, having built a big lead in the first half before seeing it frittered away after the break at Kumamoto Stadium.
The fourth seed, who got a first-round bye, frittered away a strong start to bow out with a 0-5 loss.
Bell tweeted the "monocle" emoji after the frustrating, sloppy draw in the rain, in which the Steelers frittered away a 21-7 fourth-quarter lead on turnovers and mistakes.
The Wodehouse fortune was built up over centuries but, through high-living and trips to divorce courts, much of it was frittered away by Mr Wodehouse's father.
Common combinations with frittered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: