adjective · rare

profligate

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безглуздий, необачний, безрозсудний

расточительный, развратный, распутный, неэкономный

verschwenderisch

Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantlyInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

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UK/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/US/ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət/

» He was a drunkard and a profligate.

Meaning

3 senses

Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
verschwenderisch
неэконо́мныйneekonómnyj, расточи́тельныйrastočítelʹnyj
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
распу́тныйraspútnyj, развра́тныйrazvrátnyj
(adjective, error misspelling, participle)Overthrown, ruined.

More definitions

recklessly wasteful
unrestrained by convention or morality

Examples

3 sentences

He was a drunkard and a profligate.
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City were profligate in front of goal, wasting chance after chance.
ruКоманда "Манчестер Сити" небрежно играла перед воротами, упуская шанс за шансом.
deCity war vor dem Tor sehr nachlässig und vergab Chance um Chance.
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Tom is a careless profligate.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly:

immoral; abandoned to vice:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly:

Origin

The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus

The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 an 3) and pro-), from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō (1st conjugation compound verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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