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profligate

UK /ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/US /ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət/

adjective 3
noun 2
/ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt/ verb 1
forms 5

adjective3

•
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- Jay Rodriguez headed over and Dani Osvaldo might have done better with only David De Gea to beat and, as Southampton bordered on the profligate, United were far more ruthless. — 2013
•
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- Made prostitute and profligate the muse. — 1685
•
Overthrown, ruined.
- The foe is profligate, and run. — 1662

noun2

An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
•
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- Have you come to Nelson seeking your death, profligate? — 2010

profligate

UK /ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt/US /ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt/

verb1

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(no longer used) To drive away; to overcome.
- Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles — 1840

forms

profligated · profligating · profligates · more profligate · most profligate

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