Profligacy
noun
The act of spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wasteful extravagance.
His profligacy with the company funding resulted in his termination.
Often appears as...
- monetary profligacy
- cultural profligacy
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
Unprincipled behavior or lack of moral standards.
His profligacy was shocking to his devout relatives.
Often appears as...
- moral profligacy
- ethical profligacy
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
The act of spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wasteful extravagance.
His profligacy with the company funding resulted in his termination.
Often appears as...
- monetary profligacy
- cultural profligacy
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
Unprincipled behavior or lack of moral standards.
His profligacy was shocking to his devout relatives.
Often appears as...
- moral profligacy
- ethical profligacy
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Profligacy implies negative judgment and criticism for irresponsible financial behavior.
The charity was scrutinized for its profligacy in fund management.
Pro Tip 2/3Financial Context
Use 'profligacy' to describe excessive or reckless spending, particularly in economics or budget discussions.
The government's profligacy left the country in massive debt.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Waste
Apart from money, 'profligacy' can refer to wasteful use of other resources like food or energy.
Environmentalists criticize the profligacy of modern consumerism.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Profligacy implies negative judgment and criticism for irresponsible financial behavior.
The charity was scrutinized for its profligacy in fund management.
Pro Tip 2/3Financial Context
Use 'profligacy' to describe excessive or reckless spending, particularly in economics or budget discussions.
The government's profligacy left the country in massive debt.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Waste
Apart from money, 'profligacy' can refer to wasteful use of other resources like food or energy.
Environmentalists criticize the profligacy of modern consumerism.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Profligacy implies negative judgment and criticism for irresponsible financial behavior.
The charity was scrutinized for its profligacy in fund management.
Pro Tip 2/3Financial Context
Use 'profligacy' to describe excessive or reckless spending, particularly in economics or budget discussions.
The government's profligacy left the country in massive debt.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Waste
Apart from money, 'profligacy' can refer to wasteful use of other resources like food or energy.
Environmentalists criticize the profligacy of modern consumerism.
Compare with
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Quote examples
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British Journalist
Governments need to lay out a credible path to reducing their deficits in the medium term, but without excessively enfeebling an already weak recovery. That means raising retirement ages and overhauling pensions; putting in place the budget rules and institutions that will curb future profligacy; and favouring spending cuts over tax increases.
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Francesco Guicciardini
Italian Historian
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
If a debt crisis results from government profligacy and mismanagement, rather than from a market failure, it is true that the central bank should not intervene.
Quote examples
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British Journalist
Governments need to lay out a credible path to reducing their deficits in the medium term, but without excessively enfeebling an already weak recovery. That means raising retirement ages and overhauling pensions; putting in place the budget rules and institutions that will curb future profligacy; and favouring spending cuts over tax increases.
Quote examples
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian Historian
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
Quote examples
Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
If a debt crisis results from government profligacy and mismanagement, rather than from a market failure, it is true that the central bank should not intervene.
Example 1 of 3
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