profligate

Example Sentences

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He thinks humanity is engaged in a “plunder” of nature “while our profligate use of land and energy continues to ruin our planet and threaten our existence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Abhijit Surya at Capital Economics said however that he was not worried that Takaichi would be "fiscally profligate".

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

In Japan, a weaker yen appears to be a symptom of a broader economic and financial rebalancing underway as interest rates normalize, inflation picks up, economic green shoots appear, and Tokyo’s fiscal policies remain profligate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Captain Dan Sheehan, Tomos Williams and Elliot Daly scored in a first half largely dominated by the profligate hosts in terms of territory but not on the scoreboard.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

The image is searing: a profligate human swarm unable to overcome the anger of Nature.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann