Meaning of profligate in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈprɑfləɡət/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   profligate

   Definitions

   1. recklessly wasteful

   Examples

   • « prodigal in their expenditures »

   Synonyms

   • wasteful
2. 2. unrestrained by convention or morality

   Examples

   • « Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society »
   • « deplorably dissipated and degraded »
   • « riotous living »
   • « fast women »

   Synonyms

   • immoral

3. Noun

   profligate

   Definitions

   1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
4. 2. a recklessly extravagant consumer