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profligate
What does profligate mean?
profligate (adjective): recklessly wasteful.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Where does profligate come from?
The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of profligate?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “profligate” mean?
recklessly wasteful
Right! That's what “profligate” means.
quick and energetic
Not quite: that's what brisk means.
worthy of imitation
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fraught with danger
Not quite: that's what perilous means.
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apocalyptic
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incremental
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charismatic
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extravagant
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