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profligacy(noun) The trait of spending extravagantly. Synonyms: prodigality, extravaganceUsage: They fell on hard times but did not curb their spending, and this profligacy soon brought them to the brink of bankruptcy.
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profligacy
(noun) The trait of spending extravagantly.
Synonyms: prodigality, extravagance
Usage: They fell on hard times but did not curb their spending, and this profligacy soon brought them to the brink of bankruptcy.
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Profligacy sentence examples:
-His extravagance, cruelty and profligacy can hardly be explained except on the assumption that he was out of his mind.
-She was notorious for her profligacy, avarice and ambition, and exercised a complete ascendancy over her weak-minded husband, with the help of his all-powerful freedmen.
-She's also hoping to deflect accusations of profligacy.
-The accounts given by some writers as to the profligacy and immorality in the monasteries are grossly exaggerated.
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The trait of spending extravagantly.
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