Meaning of profligate in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈprɑfləɡət/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    profligate

    Definitions

    1. recklessly wasteful

    Examples

    • « prodigal in their expenditures »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. unrestrained by convention or morality

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

  3. Noun

    profligate

    Definitions

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

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. »
    Joseph Story

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