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profligate
01
acting in a shameless, overindulgent, and immoral manner
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most profligate
Comparative
more profligate
gradable
Examples
The billionaire’s profligate spending on luxury yachts and parties was widely criticized.
02
overly extravagant or wasteful, especially with money
Examples
Despite their limited income, she remained profligate in her spending habits.
Profligate
01
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
profligates
02
a recklessly extravagant consumer
Lexical Tree
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