as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
a religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation's decadent aristocrats
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Recent Examples of profligacy
Jesus’ injury history and Havertz’s profligacy are concerns and both came to the fore during their FA Cup exit against Manchester United on Sunday.
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Post-match, head coach Julen Lopetegui lamented West Ham’s profligacy.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Defense spending that grows and grows without substantive reforms and allows a department that has never passed an audit to perpetuate its profligacy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Post-match, head coach Julen Lopetegui lamented West Ham’s profligacy.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Defense spending that grows and grows without substantive reforms and allows a department that has never passed an audit to perpetuate its profligacy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profligacy
Noun
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The unaccountable bureaucracy and bloated government that find a home there, and the public and private corruption that go along with them, face serious scrutiny and genuine antagonism for the first time in a while.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
2 Mar. 2025
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Countries with weak economic growth, high inflation, widespread corruption, and fragile institutions face the greatest risk.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Segregationists resisted integration by calling it a threat, arguing that interracial relationships would foster immorality.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Just as important, many have come to understand that the outside world hardly resembles the wasteland of deprivation, immorality, and criminality that official propaganda depicts.—
Jieun Baek,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Nov. 2016
Noun
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Luther taught instead that God freely forgives the sins of believers.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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The pope’s hospitalization comes during the Vatican’s celebration of the jubilee, a tradition in the Catholic Church dedicated to the remission of sins that occurs every 50 years.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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America’s stable vision of the world relied on the belief that good and evil are clearly delineated—a belief that was easier to maintain in the absence of complicating information.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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In a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France, a very special child is born, unleashing a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profligacy. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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