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profligate

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
  2. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
  3. To drive away; to overcome.
  4. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
  5. Immoral; abandoned to vice.
  6. Overthrown, ruined.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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