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profligacy
[
prof
-li-g
uh
-see
]
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prof·li·ga·cy
/
ˈprɒf
lɪ
gə
si
/
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[
prof
-li-g
uh
-see
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
shameless dissoluteness.
2.
reckless extravagance.
3.
great abundance.
Origin:
1730–40;
proflig(ate)
+
-acy
Can be confused:
prodigality
,
profligacy
.
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But that
profligacy
was also a reflection of a social transformation: the traditional social order could no longer be counted.
Hardest of all will be finding the political will to curb
profligacy
.
Germany was a driving force, fearful that its economy would be punished for the
profligacy
of other euro.
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But that
profligacy
was also a reflection of a social transformation: the traditional social order could no longer be counted.
Hardest of all will be finding the political will to curb
profligacy
.
Germany was a driving force, fearful that its economy would be punished for the
profligacy
of other euro.
The industry became a byword for mendacity, secrecy and
profligacy
with taxpayers' money.
But the
profligacy
represented by home garbage disposers and throwaway cameras is new.
Berlin frets that a rescue will only encourage further
profligacy
.
Politicians' fiscal
profligacy
over the years has contributed.
But it thinks rules intended to prevent euro-zone
profligacy
have failed.
Capital flows should improve a country's macroeconomic stewardship by rewarding prudence and punishing
profligacy
.
Profligacy
among regional governments is another concern.
Greece has been the canary in the coal mine that has shown us where
profligacy
ultimately lead.
We in the rich world will have to pay some price for our decades of
profligacy
.
Now the age of
profligacy
is giving way to an age of austerity.
In a sense, such
profligacy
extends to humanity, too.
And yet this
profligacy
has helped to entrench stability.
In an economic sense, their remarkable increase is less the outcome of government
profligacy
than private thrift.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
profligate
(ˈprɒflɪɡɪt)
—
adj
1.
shamelessly immoral or debauched
2.
wildly extravagant or wasteful
—
n
3.
a profligate person
[C16: from Latin
prōflīgātus
corrupt, from
prōflīgāre
to overthrow, from
pro-
1
+
flīgere
to beat]
profligacy
—
n
'profligately
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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