profligate
Example Sentences
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He thinks humanity is engaged in a “plunder” of nature “while our profligate use of land and energy continues to ruin our planet and threaten our existence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He has long believed that large-scale asset purchases should only be used during crisis and in moderation due to the risk that they can be used to fund a profligate Treasury.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
More broadly, what investors must keep in mind is that Japan’s high debt-to-GDP ratio is largely the result of decades of stagnant growth and deflation, not profligate spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
But her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, has been criticised for his own profligate spending.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since Balekin heads the profligate Circle of Grackles.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
