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Sunday, July 1, 2012

November 16, 2012
profligate • adjective and noun
Profligate, as a noun or as an adjective, implies recklessly wasting your money on extravagant luxury. Profligate behavior is a lot of fun, but you'll regret it later — when you get your charge card bill.

Any time someone behaves in a reckless, amoral, or wasteful way, they are engaging in profligate behavior. It usually refers to financial behavior but can cross over to social activity as well. A person who is a slave to their cravings and whose behavior is unrestrained and selfish can be called a profligate. Extravagantly profligate behavior is often wildly fun but usually comes with a heavy price to pay in the morning, both financially and morally.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 24, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Marcelo Coppola (foster) P;5&6
    I wish my mom told me what profiligate means.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 6, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    paula bodan
    ms.foster
    per 5&6

    every time i have money i always profligate it and then later on i get sad because i have no more money.

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  3. yazmineNovember 15, 2012 at 5:56 AM

    Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    It doesn't matter if you are a profligate spender or an industrious saver.

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  4. Gabriel lopez per. 5&6November 15, 2012 at 6:02 PM

    Gabriel Lopez
    Ms.Allen
    Period. 5&6

    •It was poor today and against better sides united cannot afford to be so profligate.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 15, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    Maria has lived her entire life in the midst of the rich so she has learned to indulge in profligate behavior, carelessly spending her money on the exquisite things in life.

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  6. UnknownNovember 19, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    Jennifer Viera
    Ms.Allen
    Period 3&4

    She was very profligate in her spending at the mall today.

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