profligacy
Example Sentences
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Mourinho's side soon, however, paid for their profligacy as Mbappe brought his Champions League tally this term to 12 goals with a clinical back-post header on the half-hour.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
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
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
That certainly points to profligacy from Clement's attack, which has been an issue in the infancy of this season as the Ibrox side seem to struggle to kill teams off.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
