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profligate

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/

noun

Meaning

  • An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

  • An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

Synonyms

wastrel

verb

Meaning

  • To drive away; to overcome.

Synonyms

overcome

adjective

Meaning

  • Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

  • Immoral; abandoned to vice.

  • Overthrown, ruined.

Synonyms

immoral,
licentious,
extravagant,
prodigal,
wasteful