profligates
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Discreet to the point of evasive, they have tended to greet press inquiries with silence, or with expressions of sorrow that some observers might damn them as profligates, or with a harrumph of how-did-you-get-this-number disgruntlement.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
The legend of Don Juan was invented by a Spanish monk in the 16th Century nominally in order to frighten young profligates into piety.
From Time Magazine Archive
Working above Mistress Humphrey's print shop in Piccadilly where his etchings sold for 18 pence, Gillray had scorched the court of George III with his acid portrayals of spendthrift profligates and pompous politicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another endless but masterly dissection of the malignant tedium that grips contemporary Italy's empty-souled profligates.
From Time Magazine Archive
You can see which portions build the most schools, teach the most children, reclaim the most drunkards and profligates, and do most to develop and cultivate the religious and moral sentiments of the masses.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker
