squander goodwill

Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words

to waste the support or positive feelings of others

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Examples (10)

  • After the merger, the new management managed to squander years of goodwill in just a few months.
  • Don’t squander the goodwill you’ve earned with a tone-deaf campaign.
  • The charity nearly squandered public goodwill by hiding its administrative costs.
  • Raising prices overnight squanders customer goodwill faster than any competitor could.
  • He apologized quickly so as not to squander the team’s goodwill.
  • Years of transparent reporting created goodwill that was squandered after the scandal.
  • The startup can’t afford to squander investor goodwill on vanity features.
  • By ignoring local customs, the delegation quickly squandered diplomatic goodwill.
  • A thoughtful refund policy preserves, rather than squanders, hard‑won goodwill.
  • If we keep missing deadlines, we’ll squander any remaining goodwill with our partners.