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is profligate
adjective
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
Exact(13)
The governor is profligate with commissions.
Huffington is profligate in her offers.
"At the beginning it was 'Labour is profligate'.
The drive for permanent high-end tax cuts is profligate; there is no other word for it.
She is profligate and self-indulgent, yes, impetuously ordering up shoes, parties and impromptu trips to Paris.
Toltz is profligate with his stories: any one of Martin's anecdotes would make a decent full-length novel.
Similar(47)
Is it morally justifiable for the current generation to be profligate with carbon realising that the burden of our abundance will mean austerity for our children?
Analogies are profligate.
Arsenal were profligate.
Lee was profligate by comparison.
Agüero was opportunistic where Gonzalo Higuaín was profligate.
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