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profligate

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/
noun
  1. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

  2. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

Synonymswastrel
verb
  1. To drive away; to overcome.

Synonymsovercome
adjective
  1. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

  2. Immoral; abandoned to vice.

  3. Overthrown, ruined.

Synonymsimmoral, licentious, extravagant, prodigal, wasteful

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