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profligate in German

profligate in German is verschwenderisch — profligate means spending money or resources in a wasteful, extravagant way.

profligate in German

verschwenderisch
adj
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

What does "profligate" mean?

  1. adj Spending money or resources in a wasteful, extravagant way.
    "Jay Rodriguez headed over and Dani Osvaldo might have done better with only David De Gea to beat and, as Southampton bordered on the profligate, United were far more ruthless."
  2. adj Behaving in an immoral way, with no self-control.
  3. adj Toppled and brought to ruin.
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profligate in a sentence

  • Jay Rodriguez headed over and Dani Osvaldo might have done better with only David De Gea to beat and, as Southampton bordered on the profligate, United were far more ruthless.
  • This luxury-loving and profligate shell company is registered at a betting shop on the Caledonian Road, an unlovely thoroughfare in North London on which you'd be more likely to find amphetamines than a top-notch lawyer.

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What is "profligate" in German?
"profligate" in German is verschwenderisch. profligate means: Spending money or resources in a wasteful, extravagant way.
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