profligate

Example Sentences

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It turns out that “profligate spending and money printing” aren’t always such bad things after all.

From Washington Post

But he has faced increased scrutiny since a 2019 financial crisis resulting from decades of profligate spending, corruption and unsustainable policies by Lebanon's leaders.

From Reuters

Salameh has denied responsibility, blaming politicians who he says oversaw decades of profligate spending.

From Reuters

Although congressional Democrats are by conviction even more profligate than Republicans are for political convenience, Republicans are more delusional, or pretend to be, about the possibility of restraint.

From Washington Post

When King described the profligate spending for a distant war as "some demonic, destructive suction tube," he was condemning dynamics that endure with a vengeance.

From Salon