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profligatory

adj

Etymology

From profligate + -ory.

  1. borrowed from prōflīgātus
  2. suffixed as profligatory — “profligate + ory”

Definitions

  1. Tending to or encouraging wastefulness.

    • Dr. K.M. Naidu pointed out that the present economic crisis was the result of profligatory behaviour of the government since 1985.

  2. Tending to or encouraging immoral behaviour.

    • Cook was amazed by this procedure, but others, notably missionaries, viewed it in a more derogatory light, labelling it profligatory or the height of debauchery (Ellis, 1831).
    • They are only causing great harm to the country and human society, by this sort of wicked and profligatory ideas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA