In a sentence
Six example sentences with profligate, each labelled with its topic.
Three profligate years emptied a fortune built over four generations, and the estate went to auction in spring.
Finance
Lawns in the desert are profligate with water, drinking more each July than the households beside them use indoors.
Environment
The court's profligate spending on banquets and gilding drained the treasury while the roads outside fell apart.
History
The profligate founders rented a whole floor downtown and stocked it with espresso machines before signing a single customer.
Startups
Opposition leaders called the budget profligate, pointing to a new stadium funded while the city's libraries cut their hours.
Politics
The app was profligate with battery, waking the phone every ten seconds to check for messages nobody had sent.
Technology
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