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Profligate

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/

An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

📖 Definitions of "Profligate"

noun
  1. 1

    An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

  2. 2

    An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

verb
  1. 1

    To drive away; to overcome.

adjective
  1. 1

    Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

  2. 2

    Immoral; abandoned to vice.

  3. 3

    Overthrown, ruined.

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