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
For stock investors, surging yields due to fiscal profligacy (as opposed to strong economic growth) would likely weigh on the stock market.
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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
But the sound advice offered by Karlin and Wittes—to end extravagant and open-ended commitments to allies in the Middle East in order to reduce reckless behavior and U.S. exposure to its consequences—will never be followed if U.S. profligacy toward Israel is treated as unmentionable.
—Robert Satloff, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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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
But the sound advice offered by Karlin and Wittes—to end extravagant and open-ended commitments to allies in the Middle East in order to reduce reckless behavior and U.S. exposure to its consequences—will never be followed if U.S. profligacy toward Israel is treated as unmentionable.
—Robert Satloff, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profligacy
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The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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The first is Sweeney Todd — an interesting choice, seeing as Stephen Sondheim’s cannibalistic tale explores themes of political corruption and the destructive forces of free markets.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 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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Even after a 10-7 regular season and return to the playoffs — albeit a brief one after Sunday’s wild-card loss to Buffalo — established a new benchmark for success, the sins of the past lingered in the coach’s mind.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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But the sin of this particular series is one that's hard to get over: deep unpleasantness.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 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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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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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profligacy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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