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profligate
/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/
noun
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
Synonymswastrel
verb
To drive away; to overcome.
Synonymsovercome
adjective
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
Overthrown, ruined.
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