1
as in waste
an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint
his purchase of a new yacht was only one of a series of reckless prodigalities
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as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money
his prodigality eventually turned him into a pauper
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigality
Noun
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Whether the commission could allow private companies to temporarily store nuclear waste was only one part of the dispute before the Supreme Court.—
June 18,
CBS News,
18 June 2025 -
After your cat uses the box, a rake automatically sweeps waste into a covered compartment.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Appreciate Wilson’s technical brilliance but also the emotional generosity of his choral arrangements in which falsetto yearning is granted bass underpinning.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 June 2025
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That is, generosity declined as social distance increased.—
Tobias Kalenscher,
Scientific American,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Again, it was constructed with resourcefulness, not extravagance.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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The passion is felt through each index, and I’m even drawn to the high drama of the $1.5 million extravagance of the Deep Blue—the least understated of all Biver’s creations.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Tucked inside the historic Crown Building, Aman New York delivers an unrivaled sanctuary that redefines luxury in the concrete jungle since opening its doors in August 2022.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 June 2025
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Gunther worked without an interior designer to make the space her own, selecting sofas from a 1950s luxury cruise liner, a 19th-century coat rack, as well as a solid wood cashier’s desk from the same era.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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Just below the altar, the cinerary casket was banked by a glorious profusion of sweet peas, Reinaldo’s favorite flowers.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025
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However, Rosenbaum argues, a profusion of biographies and publications focused on Bloomsbury since the 1960s is proof of ongoing curiosity about the phenomenon and the people involved in it.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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“Prodigality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigality. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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