Profligacy is the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.
[formal]
...the continuing profligacy of certain states. [+ of]
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Examples of 'profligacy' in a sentence
profligacy
Town halls have always been a rich source of stories about profligacy and waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Town halls have always been a rich source of stories about profligacy and waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is encouraging profligacy and waste, and that is not what we want just now from the biggest country in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nor did they intend the unsustainable fiscal and monetary profligacy practised by Latin American politicians during the same period.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Just look at the relative fiscal profligacy or prudence of those European countries going it alone versus those who have joined the EU.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Fiscal profligacy by the Government since well before the last election has sharply constrained the ability of UK policymakers to borrow and spend more.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
1 (noun)
The country's main problem is fiscal profligacy.
Synonyms
extravagance
He was accused of gross mismanagement and financial extravagance.
excess
He had led a life of excess.
squandering
waste
The whole project is a complete waste of time and resources.
recklessness
wastefulness
lavishness
prodigality
improvidence
2 (noun)
stories of sexual profligacy and underworld connections
Synonyms
immorality
a reflection of our society's immorality
depravity
the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war
debauchery
The police were called to quell scenes of violence and debauchery.
abandon
He has splashed money around with abandon.
corruption
It was a society sinking into corruption and vice.
promiscuity
the health dangers associated with promiscuity
laxity
dissipation
Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
degeneracy
the moral degeneracy of society
licentiousness
moral licentiousness
wantonness
libertinism
dissoluteness
unrestraint
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abandon
He has splashed money around with abandon.
Synonyms
recklessness,
dash,
wildness,
wantonness,
wild impulse,
unrestraint,
careless freedom
in the sense of corruption
Definition
the act of corrupting morally or sexually
It was a society sinking into corruption and vice.
Synonyms
depravity,
vice,
evil,
degradation,
perversion,
decadence,
impurity,
wickedness,
degeneration,
immorality,
iniquity,
profligacy,
viciousness,
sinfulness,
turpitude (formal),
baseness
in the sense of debauchery
Definition
excessive drunkenness or sexual activity
The police were called to quell scenes of violence and debauchery.
Synonyms
depravity,
excess,
lust,
revel,
indulgence,
orgy,
incontinence,
gluttony,
dissipation,
licentiousness,
intemperance,
overindulgence,
lewdness,
dissoluteness,
carousal
Nearby words of
profligacy
profiteer
profiteering
profitless
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profligate
profound
profoundly
Synonyms of 'profligacy'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of degeneracy
the moral degeneracy of society
Synonyms
worsening,
decline,
corruption,
decrease,
decay,
deterioration,
degradation,
decadence,
depravity,
immorality,
debasement,
turpitude (formal),
depravation,
dissoluteness
in the sense of depravity
Definition
moral corruption
the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war
Synonyms
corruption,
vice,
evil,
criminality,
wickedness,
immorality,
iniquity,
profligacy,
debauchery,
viciousness,
degeneracy,
sinfulness,
debasement,
turpitude (formal),
baseness,
depravation,
vitiation
in the sense of dissipation
Definition
unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures
Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
Synonyms
debauchery,
excess,
indulgence,
abandonment,
drunkenness,
profligacy,
intemperance,
wantonness,
dissoluteness
in the sense of excess
Definition
behaviour regarded as too extreme or immoral to be acceptable
He had led a life of excess.
Synonyms
overindulgence,
extravagance,
profligacy,
debauchery,
dissipation,
intemperance,
indulgence,
prodigality,
extreme behaviour,
immoral behaviour,
dissoluteness,
immoderation,
exorbitance,
unrestraint
in the sense of improvidence
Synonyms
imprudence,
negligence,
extravagance,
carelessness,
profligacy,
short-sightedness,
wastefulness,
lavishness,
prodigality,
heedlessness,
thriftlessness
in the sense of licentiousness
moral licentiousness
Synonyms
promiscuity,
abandon,
lust,
profligacy,
debauchery,
dissipation,
prurience,
lechery,
lewdness,
wantonness,
salaciousness,
libertinism,
dissoluteness,
lustfulness,
lubricity (literary),
libidinousness,
salacity
in the sense of promiscuity
the health dangers associated with promiscuity
Synonyms
licentiousness,
profligacy,
sleeping around (informal),
permissiveness,
abandon,
incontinence,
depravity,
immorality,
debauchery,
laxity,
dissipation,
looseness,
amorality,
lechery,
laxness,
wantonness,
libertinism,
promiscuousness
in the sense of waste
Definition
the act of wasting something or the state of being wasted
The whole project is a complete waste of time and resources.