profligate

(prŏf'lĭ-gĭt, -gāt')
adj.

1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

n.
A profligate person; a wastrel.

[Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of prōflīgāre, to ruin, cast down : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + -flīgāre, intensive of flīgere, to strike down.]

profligacy prof'li·ga·cy (-gə-sē) n.
profligately prof'li·gate·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See restraint/unrestraint.
2. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See careful/careless, excess/insufficiency/enough, save/waste.

noun

1. An immoral or licentious person: libertine, rake¹, wanton. See sex/asexual.
2. A person who spends money or resources wastefully: prodigal, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel. See save/waste.

adj

Definition: immoral, corrupt
Antonyms: good, moral, nice, upright

adj

Definition: wasteful
Antonyms: careful, frugal, saving, thrifty

IN BRIEF: Very wasteful. Also: Very wicked in character.

Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. — Annie Dillard

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ryggesløs, ødsel
n. - ryggesløs person, ødeland

Nederlands (Dutch)
losbol, losbandig, verkwistend

Français (French)
adj. - extrêmement prodigue, excessif, débauché
n. - extrêmement prodigue, débauché

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verschwenderisch, ausschweifend
n. - Verschwender, lasterhafte Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανήθικος, ακόλαστος
n. - άσωτος

Italiano (Italian)
sregolato

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - devasso (m), pródigo (m), esbanjador

Русский (Russian)
распутный, расточительный, распутник, мот

Español (Spanish)
adj. - derrochador, despilfarrador, disoluto, libertino
n. - disoluto, libertino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utsvävande, omoralisk, slösaktig, överdådig
n. - utsvävande person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放荡的, 浪费的, 放荡者, 享乐者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 放蕩的, 浪費的
n. - 放蕩者, 享樂者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 방탕한, 품행이 나쁜
n. - 방탕아, 난봉꾼

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 放蕩の, 金遣いの荒い, 浪費する
n. - 放蕩者, 道楽者, 浪費家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تهتك, خلاعه (الاسم) تبذير, إسراف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הולל, מופקר, בזבזן‬
n. - ‮הולל, מופקר, בזבזן‬

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