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profligate

[prof-li-git, -geyt] / ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt /




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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

The seamers ran in down the slope from the Pavilion End, spinner Prabath Jayasuriya plugged away from the Nursery End and England were profligate.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

Although he possessed extraordinary reserves of energy, he’d been profligate with those reserves, and by the time he got to Camp Four they were nearly depleted.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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