unfrugal

1 9.0

Spending money or using things in a wasteful way

adjective
/ʌnˈfruːɡəl/

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It's unfrugal to constantly buy new clothes when your wardrobe is already full.

Examples

You don't have to give up all your unfrugal habits, but always look at the price of every single purchase you make; you may be surprised to discover how much money you could be saving.

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I still have my fair share of unfrugal habits.

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Many people consider his unfrugal spending on luxury items to be wasteful.
Her unfrugal lifestyle led to financial difficulties that could have been avoided.

Synonyms

wasteful

vsunfrugal

49 3.0

Using more money or things than you need

focuses on money or spending carelessness rather than general excess use

spendy

vsunfrugal

1 8.2

A person who likes to buy expensive things

describes careless use of funds rather than a mere taste for spending

thriftless

vsunfrugal

1 8.5

Spends money or other resources in a careless way

is the same idea but often used in more neutral modern speech

unthrifty

vsunfrugal

1 8.6

Not careful with money, spending more than needed

is a slightly more formal or bookish way to say it

Antonyms

frugal

30 4.9

Careful about spending money and not wasting things

thrifty

11 4.4

Being careful with money and things to avoid wasting them

How Frugal

stingy

31 5.2

thrifty

11 4.4

frugal

30 4.9

unfrugal

1 9.0

wasteful

49 3.0

extravagant

31 7.1

profligate

Formal

1 9.9

Surface Forms

unfrugal positive

Morphology

unfrugal = frugal (transparent) = un + frugal

Standard negation prefix 'un-' attached to the adjective 'frugal' yields the straightforward meaning 'not frugal'.

Etymology

The word unfrugal is formed from un- meaning 'not' and frugal, which comes from an old word for 'fruit' or what you earn from work. A frugal person protects their 'fruit', meaning their savings, so unfrugal means not careful with money or resources and likely to spend or use things wastefully.