prodigal
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈprɒdɪɡəl/
- His prodigal habits led him to spend all his savings on luxury items.
- prodigal son
- the prodigal son returns
- prodigal father
Examples
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The artist lived a prodigal lifestyle, throwing lavish parties every weekend.
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After years of prodigal spending, she realized it was time to start saving money.
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- Return of the prodigal son.
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All of us been prodigal children one time or another!
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Why, the prodigal son has returned.
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Is that the prodigal son I hear, returned from working the night shift?
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After this gesture of prodigal generosity, the son was heard of no more.
Fiction book (2000) -
I've found my prodigal son.
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The prodigal son returns.
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The prodigal child returns.
Synonyms
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7.1
Spending much more money than is needed
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9.6
Spends money or uses resources wastefully and shows little care about right and wrong
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective prodigal comes from the Latin prodigus, meaning 'wasteful' or 'given away'. So, to be prodigal is to spend money or other things freely and recklessly, just like the 'Prodigal Son' who wasted his inheritance.