The profligacy that made him the most popular boy in his set eventually led to his family abruptly calling him home.
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Profligacy
//ˈpɹɑflɪɡəsi//
Synonyms for "profligacy" (71 found)
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27 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- прахосничество noun (careless wastefulness)
- развратност noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- разточителност noun (careless wastefulness)
Dutch
3 entries- losbandigheid noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- roekeloosheid noun (careless wastefulness)
- verspilling noun (careless wastefulness)
German
1 entries- Verschwendung noun (careless wastefulness)
Hungarian
4 entries- feslettség noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- kicsapongás noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- pazarlás noun (careless wastefulness)
- tékozlás noun (careless wastefulness)
Italian
4 entries- dissolutezza noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- sperpero noun (careless wastefulness)
- spreco noun (careless wastefulness)
- sregolatezza noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
Macedonian
2 entries- ра́звратност noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- раси́пништво noun (careless wastefulness)
Portuguese
4 entries- desperdício noun (careless wastefulness)
- devassidão noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- esbanjamento noun (careless wastefulness)
- libertinagem noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
Russian
2 entries- распутство noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
- расточительность noun (careless wastefulness)
Slovene
1 entries- malopridnost noun (shameless and immoral behaviour)
Spanish
1 entries- derroche noun (careless wastefulness)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
These clubs have never been known for profligacy.
Source: tatoeba (10968443)
No question has arisen within the records of history that pressed with the importance of the present.[…]whether man shall inherit his rights, and universal civilisation take place? Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself or consumed by the profligacy of governments?
Source: wiktionary
She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
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