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
If there’s another deficit, as seems likely, candidates who spent the past year preaching frugality will fare better than those pushing profligacy.
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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
But while profligacy was the bigger issue under their previous manager, chance creation has taken over that mantle under Amorim.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Many will point to Nazareth, who entered the fray at the hour mark along with Andreia Jacinto and Lucia Alves, as the key to Portugal reducing England to a cardboard box in the rain, as well as the visitors’ own profligacy.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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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
But while profligacy was the bigger issue under their previous manager, chance creation has taken over that mantle under Amorim.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Many will point to Nazareth, who entered the fray at the hour mark along with Andreia Jacinto and Lucia Alves, as the key to Portugal reducing England to a cardboard box in the rain, as well as the visitors’ own profligacy.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profligacy
Noun
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In 1870, lawyers founded the City Bar to confront corruption in the courts under Tammany Hall.—
Muhammad U. Faridi,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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The billion-dollar plan hoped to stamp out corruption and combat drug cartels.—
Miriam Waldvogel,
The Hill,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The immorality and inhumanity of these acts have cascaded through families, friends, and communities.—
Nick Gauthier,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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In a Code world, no film should risk lowering an audience’s moral standards nor should evil or immorality be presented except as a cautionary tale.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Don’t point to things with chopsticks or commit the double-dipping sin of taking food from a common plate with chopsticks that have been in your mouth.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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The water is meant to show thanks to god, or provide spiritual relief, including purifying the devotee’s soul of sin.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Far from an expression of compassion toward animals, it was inspired by a sense of all fleshy things as evil.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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There’s no such thing as good and evil, according to parole boards.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profligacy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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