profligate

Example Sentences

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He has long believed that large-scale asset purchases should only be used during crisis and in moderation due to the risk that they can be used to fund a profligate Treasury.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 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

Americans have long been among the world’s most profligate tippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

He bought four pair—a profligate quantity of socks—and not only were they not gray, no two pair were even the same color.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor