profligacy
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- noun
- /ˈprɒflɪɡəsi/
- Formal
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prodigalidad
- His profligacy at parties, often buying rounds for everyone, made him popular but drained his savings.
- financial profligacy
- sexual profligacy
- government profligacy
But we lost our brand with our fiscal profligacy under the delay Congress and the and the Bush administration.
- But we lost our brand with our fiscal profligacy under the delay Congress and the and the Bush administration.
- And so there's a real kind of problem here between profligacy on the on the one hand and likely scarcity on the other.
- We were accused of totally wasting in ratepayers, money, profligacy, all that sort of stuff.
Examples
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The problem with the income tax is that it encourages profligacy and waste.
Blog text (16) -
Critics argue that the government should address its profligacy instead of burdening taxpayers with more debt.
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So, um, now I want, um, a life of unbelievable adventure, and, um, profligacy.
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In Rome itself, the sexual profligacy of some members of the clergy was notorious.
Academic text (2006) -
Of course, it would not be fair not to refer to Greece's profligacy.
Blog text (4) -
Every representative republic eventually expires due to its addiction to fiscal profligacy.
Blog text (25) -
At the same time, many people throughout the world are increasingly desirous of having a sustainable relationship with nature, rejecting material profligacy, resurrecting a strong sense of community, and finding more meaning in their lives.
Academic text (1999) -
The company's profligacy led to its financial downfall as it spent money without a plan.
Synonyms
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Careless use of money, time, or other resources
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Spending a lot of money in a wasteful way
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Using money or things carelessly in a way that causes extra loss
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Using valuable things like time or money in a wasteful way
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Spending a lot of money in a wasteful, careless way
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A way of using a lot of money or things to show wealth
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Careless use of resources like time or money
A habit of wasting money by buying things you do not need
A habit of spending money and not saving for the future
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
profligacy = profligate (transparent) = profligate + acy
A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'profligate' with '-acy' meaning the state or quality of being profligate.
Etymology
Profligacy is related to profligate, which came from a Latin word meaning 'ruined' or 'struck down', so it gives the picture of money or goods being thrown away and destroyed. That's why profligacy means reckless, wasteful extravagance.