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 extravagance, excess, squandering, waste, recklessness, wastefulness, lavishness, prodigality, improvidence