profligate
Example Sentences
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Abhijit Surya at Capital Economics said however that he was not worried that Takaichi would be "fiscally profligate".
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Yet her subject matter—life in an ordinary English village—contrasts with the Prince’s profligate metropolitan existence, and to most of his countrymen he appeared an “inveterate voluptuary,” of whom Austen, like many of her class, disapproved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
L.A.’s gleefully profligate, sport-altering franchise is on the verge of learning a costly, ancient baseball lesson:
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
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
Lewis was so confident of his process that he was profligate with what was still a rare substance.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
