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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not economical |
| Synonyms: | careless, cavalier, destructive, dissipative, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, incontinent, lavish, liberal, overdone, overgenerous, pound-foolish, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, ruinous, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | economical, thrifty, unwasteful |
| Main Entry: | exorbitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight, outrageous, over one's head, overboard, overmuch, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improvident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, spendthrift |
| Synonyms: | extravagant, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, lavish, negligent, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, shiftless, shortsighted, thoughtless, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | careful, miserly, provident, thrifty |
| Main Entry: | inordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | disproportionate, dizzying, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, gratuitous, immoderate, intemperate, irrational, outrageous, overindulgent, overmuch, preposterous, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, too much, towering, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncurbed, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, untempered, unwarranted, wanton, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | moderate, ok enough, reasonable, warranted |
| Main Entry: | lavish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse; splendid |
| Synonyms: | abundant, bountiful, copious, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, first-class, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impressive, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, liberal, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, munificent, openhanded, opulent, plentiful, plush, posh, prodigal, profligate, profusive, prolific, riotous, ritzy, sumptuous, swanky, thriftless, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsparing, unstinging, wasteful, wild |
| Antonyms: | economical, scanty, scarce, small, spare |
| Main Entry: | ruinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disastrous, devastating |
| Synonyms: | annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, crippling, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depleting, dire, draining, exhausting, extravagant, fatal, fateful, harmful, hurtful, immoderate, impoverishing, injurious, murderous, noxious, pernicious, shattering, suicidal, unfortunate, wasteful, withering, wrackful |
| Antonyms: | advantageous, assisting, beneficial, helpful |
| Main Entry: | wanton |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, thriftless, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | careful, observant, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | consumptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive |
| Synonyms: | devastating, harmful, immoderate, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | supererogative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanton |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, gratuitous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, supererogatory, thriftless, uncalled-for, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
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