squander goodwill
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
to waste the support or positive feelings of others
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- 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.