profligate in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Translations for profligate in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

profligate in the PONS Dictionary

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For example, generosity is a virtue that fits between the two extrema of miserliness and being profligate.
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Because these systems did not encourage recipients to work, she regarded them as a profligate use of public funds.
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The latter's profligate spending had nearly bankrupted the operation.
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A man denounces marriage as a lie, and then denounces aristocratic profligates for treating it as a lie.
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Imagine to yourself everything most profligate and shocking in the way of dancing and sitting down together.
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Eventually her profligate spending led to bankruptcy which forced the sale of many of her clothes, carriages and horses.
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Humanity has spread across the galaxy, and makes profligate, casual use of "farcaster" technology to travel instantly between any two points in space (to its ultimate rue).
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Despite the noble aims of the project, profligate spending ruined the state's credit.
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His campaign was embarrassed by reports of profligate spending.
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He had been profligate with his money and was in debt.
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