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Meaning of profligate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

profligate

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət//ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt//ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət//ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

  2. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drive away; to overcome.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

  2. Immoral; abandoned to vice.

  3. Overthrown, ruined.