adjective · rare

profligate

profligate · more profligate · most profligate

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.

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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.
remline · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
City were profligate in front of goal, wasting chance after chance.
ruКоманда "Манчестер Сити" небрежно играла перед воротами, упуская шанс за шансом. — carlosalberto
deCity war vor dem Tor sehr nachlässig und vergab Chance um Chance. — carlosalberto
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
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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