Definition of Profligate
Profligate
prof·li·gate
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
wildly and recklessly extravagant in spending or the use of resources;
e.g. Everyone seemed fond of statistics, but the counterterrorism experts were especially profligate with numbers.
(noun)
a person who is given to wildly extravagant and wasteful expenditure;
e.g. Chuck Bass was a rude profligate who spent all his father's money.
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