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dépensier — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • profligate adj Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
  • spendthrift adj Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
  • wasteful adjective Using more of something than is needed, or using it carelessly.

Senses

dépensier is used for these senses in English:

  • profligate Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
  • spendthrift Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]
  • spendthrift Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
  • wasteful Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

profligate — full definition

  1. adj Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
  2. adj Immoral; abandoned to vice.
  3. adj Overthrown, ruined.

spendthrift — full definition

  1. adj Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
  2. adj Extravagant or lavish.

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