Profligate
adjective
Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
He was a profligate spender with a taste for luxury.
Often appears as...
- profligate spender
- profligate waste
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.
The prince was a notorious profligate and gambler.
Often appears as...
- notorious profligate
- become a profligate
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Very wasteful, especially of money.
Their profligate lifestyle led to an inevitable bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- profligate lifestyle
- profligate with money
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
He was a profligate spender with a taste for luxury.
Often appears as...
- profligate spender
- profligate waste
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.
The prince was a notorious profligate and gambler.
Often appears as...
- notorious profligate
- become a profligate
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Very wasteful, especially of money.
Their profligate lifestyle led to an inevitable bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- profligate lifestyle
- profligate with money
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies criticism for irresponsible spending or use of resources.
The council's profligate spending on fancy events angered residents.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Can refer to other resources like time or energy, not just money.
Their profligate use of paper was environmentally unfriendly.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word often carries a sense of frustration or disapproval.
Voters criticized the profligate policies of the government.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies criticism for irresponsible spending or use of resources.
The council's profligate spending on fancy events angered residents.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Can refer to other resources like time or energy, not just money.
Their profligate use of paper was environmentally unfriendly.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word often carries a sense of frustration or disapproval.
Voters criticized the profligate policies of the government.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies criticism for irresponsible spending or use of resources.
The council's profligate spending on fancy events angered residents.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Can refer to other resources like time or energy, not just money.
Their profligate use of paper was environmentally unfriendly.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word often carries a sense of frustration or disapproval.
Voters criticized the profligate policies of the government.
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Go to umpire school PIPE...
was very lucky had a lot of fun I needed some way to supplement my profligate lifestyle so I went on a few quiz shows and I was a jeopardy champion when I was 19 years old but all of that changed when I fell in love with baseball and it
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Maps that show us who we...
the lights show you where people live who are so profligate with energy that they can afford to spend money powering lights to shine up into the sky, so satellites can draw an image like this.
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
furniture than a man ridiculous drunk obsessed with young men totally incompetent as a king profligate unable to steer England towards any kind of happy condition how on earth could this
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Go to umpire school PIPE...
was very lucky had a lot of fun I needed some way to supplement my profligate lifestyle so I went on a few quiz shows and I was a jeopardy champion when I was 19 years old but all of that changed when I fell in love with baseball and it
Video examples
Maps that show us who we...
the lights show you where people live who are so profligate with energy that they can afford to spend money powering lights to shine up into the sky, so satellites can draw an image like this.
Video examples
Adam Nicolson: The King...
furniture than a man ridiculous drunk obsessed with young men totally incompetent as a king profligate unable to steer England towards any kind of happy condition how on earth could this
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Joseph Story
American Judge
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.
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Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if not its profit engine - stalled for years, causing its stock to idle, too.
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John Clare
English Poet
Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
We need to stop being so profligate with fossil fuels, to rein back climate change and protect biodiversity. We need to work together, globally, and I'm optimistic that we will.
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Derek Bailey
English Musician
In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, and so anti-intellectual, finally.
Quote examples
Joseph Story
American Judge
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.
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Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if not its profit engine - stalled for years, causing its stock to idle, too.
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John Clare
English Poet
Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
We need to stop being so profligate with fossil fuels, to rein back climate change and protect biodiversity. We need to work together, globally, and I'm optimistic that we will.
Quote examples
Derek Bailey
English Musician
In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, and so anti-intellectual, finally.
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