profligacy

prof·li·gate  (prfl-gt, -gt)

adj.

1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

n.

A profligate person; a wastrel.

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[Latin prflgtus, past participle of prflgre, to ruin, cast down : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to strike down.]

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profli·ga·cy (-g-s) n.

profli·gate·ly adv.

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profligacy

1. dissolute or immoral behavior.
2. reckless and extravagant spending or behavior. — profligate, adj.

See also: Behavior

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profligacy - the trait of spending extravagantly prodigality, extravagance improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
	2.	profligacy - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure dissipation, licentiousness, dissolution, looseness intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"

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profligacy

noun

1. extravagance, excess, squandering, waste, recklessness, wastefulness, lavishness, prodigality, improvidence The country's main problem is fiscal profligacy.

2. immorality, depravity, debauchery, abandon, corruption, promiscuity, laxity, dissipation, degeneracy, licentiousness, wantonness, libertinism, dissoluteness, unrestraint His early warnings about sexual profligacy and AIDS now read as eerily prescient.

Translations

profligacy [ˈprɒflɪgəsɪ] N (= dissoluteness) → libertinaje m; (= extravagance) → prodigalidad f, despilfarro m

profligacy [ˈprɒflɪgəsi] n (= wastefulness) → prodigalité f

profligacy

n (= dissoluteness) → Lasterhaftigkeit f, → Verworfenheit f; (= extravagance) → Verschwendungssucht f; (= an extravagance) → Verschwendung f

profligacy [ˈprɒflɪgəsɪ] n (debauchery) → dissolutezza; (extravagance) → grande prodigalità

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profligacy [ˈprɒflɪgəsɪ] n (debauchery) → dissolutezza; (extravagance) → grande prodigalità