Definition of Profligate
Profligate
Pro·flig·ate


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(adjective)
Extravagantly wasteful of money or resources.

e.g. The profligate heir spent his entire inheritance on lavish parties.

(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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