as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
a religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation's decadent aristocrats
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Recent Examples of profligacy
On the balance of the play, Arsenal probably deserved more than nothing last season and the inverse was true at Villa Park on Saturday evening, decided by the host’s profligacy and conceding at a stage when Arsenal were stumbling.
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
For stock investors, surging yields due to fiscal profligacy (as opposed to strong economic growth) would likely weigh on the stock market.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Getty Images These extremely high public debt burdens are not due to fiscal profligacy.
—Courtney Lindsay, WIRED, 13 July 2024
Weakness in French sovereign bonds has spilled over to Italy — Europe’s original poster child for fiscal profligacy.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
For stock investors, surging yields due to fiscal profligacy (as opposed to strong economic growth) would likely weigh on the stock market.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Getty Images These extremely high public debt burdens are not due to fiscal profligacy.
—Courtney Lindsay, WIRED, 13 July 2024
Weakness in French sovereign bonds has spilled over to Italy — Europe’s original poster child for fiscal profligacy.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for profligacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profligacy
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Although Russia has struggled to embrace startup culture, the big contractors have a stranglehold on the supply process; corruption is endemic, and the military know who to buy from.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The council has been target of calls for a reconfiguration following its lack of action on the corruption allegations, dissatisfaction with many of its decisions and the escalating gang violence.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film cares more for Romy’s enveloping sense of self than the depths of her immorality.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.—
Jason Parham,
WIRED,
26 Dec. 2024
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Her final trial is a testament to her iron will and the sins she's been forged from.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Discovery role as Philippa Georgiou, the onetime Terran emperor who allies with the titular secret division of Starfleet — and in turn must face the sins of her past.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 Jan. 2025
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These evils are sensational and appalling, and there’s an impulse to perceive them as existing outside of our realities, perpetrated by people who aren’t like us.—
Billy J. Stratton,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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His surreal, operatic films and television shows examined romance, consciousness, evil, and the enduring rot beneath suburban sheen and Hollywood glamor.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profligacy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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