using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way synonym wasteful profligate spending the profligate use of resources
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NAmE//ˈprɑflɪɡəsi//
noun [uncountable]See profligate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: profligate