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profligate
recklessly wasteful with money or resources
Synonyms
- wasteful
- extravagant
- prodigal
Antonyms
- thrifty
- frugal
- economical
profligate in a sentence
The profligate ruler emptied the treasury on lavish celebrations.
The committee condemned the profligate use of water during the drought.
Where it comes from
From Latin profligare, meaning 'to ruin or overthrow.'
Memory hook
PROFLIGATE sounds like 'profits flee': wasteful spending makes profits flee.
Read it in context
- The Case She Carried Narrative
- The Fault in the Bronze Science
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