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verschwenderisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lavish adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
  • prodigal adjective Spending money or resources wastefully and extravagantly.
  • 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

verschwenderisch is used for these senses in English:

  • lavish Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
  • prodigal Wastefully extravagant.
  • profligate Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
  • spendthrift Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]
  • wasteful Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

lavish — full definition

  1. adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
  2. verb To give something generously and abundantly, often to excess.

prodigal — full definition

  1. adjective Spending money or resources wastefully and extravagantly.
  2. adjective Having left and later returned, especially after behaving recklessly; used in the phrase "prodigal son."
  3. noun A person who spends money recklessly; a spendthrift.

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