 profligate |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a dissolute man in fashionable society | |
| Synonyms: | blood rip roue rake | |
| Related terms: | libertine | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or morality | |
| Synonyms: | degenerate degraded dissipated dissolute libertine riotous fast debauched | |
| Examples: | "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" "deplorably dissipated and degraded" "riotous living" "fast women" |
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| Related terms: | immoral | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] recklessly wasteful | |
| Synonyms: | extravagant spendthrift prodigal | |
| Examples: | "prodigal in their expenditures" |
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| Related terms: | wasteful | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a recklessly extravagant consumer | |
| Synonyms: | squanderer prodigal | |
| Related terms: | consumer spendthrift wastrel consume | |
| Similar spelling: |
profligately profligacy profiling profile |
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