Examples of profligacy in a Sentence
a religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation's decadent aristocrats
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The United States can sustain the eye-popping profligacy of its national debt only because investors consider the U.S. dollar to be a safe haven.
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Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Modern Paris is an elegant monument to Haussmann’s profligacy; he was fired for spending stupefying sums of public money to force it up like winter tulips.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
If there’s another deficit, as seems likely, candidates who spent the past year preaching frugality will fare better than those pushing profligacy.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
Where domestic checks and balances fail, international currency and bond markets could step in, particularly in response to reckless economic policy and potential profligacy.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2018
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Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Modern Paris is an elegant monument to Haussmann’s profligacy; he was fired for spending stupefying sums of public money to force it up like winter tulips.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
If there’s another deficit, as seems likely, candidates who spent the past year preaching frugality will fare better than those pushing profligacy.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
Where domestic checks and balances fail, international currency and bond markets could step in, particularly in response to reckless economic policy and potential profligacy.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2018
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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profligacy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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profligacy
noun
prof·li·ga·cy
ˈpräf-li-gə-sē 
: the quality or state of being profligate
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