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I . prof·li·gate [ˈprɒflɪgət, Am ˈprɑ:flɪgɪt] ADJ form

1. profligate (wasteful):

profligate

2. profligate (without moral):

profligate
profligate

II . prof·li·gate [ˈprɒflɪgət, Am ˈprɑ:flɪgɪt] N

1. profligate (wasteful person):

profligate
Verschwender(in) m (f)

2. profligate:

profligate (immoral person)
profligate (rake)
Wüstling m pej

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Water often had to be transported a long way from well or tap to washstand.

The profligate way we use water today as a matter of course would have been unthinkable in those times.

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Wasser musste oft einen weiten Weg bis zum Waschtisch zurücklegen.

Der verschwenderische Umgang mit Wasser, den wir heute gewohnt sind, war damals undenkbar.

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