profligate
extravagant, overspending, wasteful
TRANSLATION
verschwenderisch
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The profligate President - a midterm review of George Bush's fiscal policy performance"
(Stephen Moore - Policy Analysis No. 147, February 4, 1991)
(Stephen Moore - Policy Analysis No. 147, February 4, 1991)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
Profligate means wasteful and extremely extravagant.
It can also be used as a noun, meaning someone who is wasteful or somebody with low morals.
From the 16th century, something that is profligate has been "beaten down" to a state of ruination or degradation. The word was adapted from Latin profligatus "destroyed, dissolute," an adjective based on the past participle of profligare "beat down, destroy."
Profligate means wasteful and extremely extravagant.
It can also be used as a noun, meaning someone who is wasteful or somebody with low morals.
From the 16th century, something that is profligate has been "beaten down" to a state of ruination or degradation. The word was adapted from Latin profligatus "destroyed, dissolute," an adjective based on the past participle of profligare "beat down, destroy."
