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Profligates

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spendthriftnounSomeone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
prodigalnounA prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
extravagantExtreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
wastefulInclined to waste or squander money or resources.
dissolutenounRecklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
dissipatedWasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
debauchedIndulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
riotousUnrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
fastnoun(British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
degeneratenounOne who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
degradedFeeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
immoralBreaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
ripnounA tear (in paper, etc.).
libertinenounSomeone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
rakenoun(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
bloodnounA vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
rouenounAlternative spelling of roué. [A debauched or lecherous person.]
squanderernounOne who squanders.
lavishnounExpending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
wastagenoun(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.

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