profligate

Example Sentences

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Abhijit Surya at Capital Economics said however that he was not worried that Takaichi would be "fiscally profligate".

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

His son David speculated that his dad’s mixed feelings about his fast-food career stemmed from a mentality common among children of the Depression: “Excess bothered them. It almost seemed profligate and unnecessary,” he explained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

L.A.’s gleefully profligate, sport-altering franchise is on the verge of learning a costly, ancient baseball lesson:

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The seamers ran in down the slope from the Pavilion End, spinner Prabath Jayasuriya plugged away from the Nursery End and England were profligate.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since Balekin heads the profligate Circle of Grackles.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black