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profligate
adjective
noun
Unrestrained by convention or morality
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ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət
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adjective
Unrestrained by convention or morality
“Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”
adjective
Recklessly wasteful
“Prodigal in their expenditures”
noun
A recklessly extravagant consumer
noun
A dissolute man in fashionable society
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Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
Deplorably dissipated and degraded
Riotous living
Fast women
Prodigal in their expenditures
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