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profligacy

[prof-li-guh-see] / ˈprɒf lɪ gə si /
NOUN
extravagance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
recklessness
STRONG
absurdity amenity dissipation exaggeration excess exorbitance expenditure extravagancy folly frill immoderation improvidence lavishness luxury outrageousness overindulgence prodigality profuseness profusion squandering superfluity unrestraint waste wastefulness wildness
WEAK
icing on the cake overdoing overspending preposterousness squander unreasonableness unthrift
Antonyms
STRONG
economy frugality lack
NOUN
license
Synonyms
STRONGEST
irresponsibility
STRONG
anarchy animalism arrogance audacity boldness complacency debauchery disorder dissoluteness dissolution effrontery excess forwardness gluttony immoderation impropriety lawlessness laxity licentiousness looseness presumptuousness prodigality refractoriness relaxation sauciness self-indulgence sensuality slackness temerity unrestraint unruliness wantonness wildness
WEAK
libertinism relaxedness
Antonyms
STRONG
care caution cowardice humility meekness modesty order

Example Sentences

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Continued upward pressure on prices could further profligacy from wealthy consumers.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

AI companies are losing money at an epic pace, and the reasons go deeper than mere profligacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Ensuring the Pears were made to pay for their profligacy, Rew went to 50 from 102 balls, dispatching a short-pitched delivery from Allison through midwicket for his eighth boundary as Somerset's lead entered three-figure territory.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

First of all, literally weighing the value or profligacy of a piece of legislation by the ounce, as Musk proposes, is not exactly logical.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Certainly during the Roaring Twenties, a time marked by what F. Scott Fitzgerald called “the greatest, gaudiest spree in history,” the Osage were not alone in their profligacy.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann