On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Profligate. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as prodigal or libertine and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Profligate in a sentence
Profligate meaning
- Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- Profligated: routed, overcome, driven away.
Synonyms of Profligate
Using Profligate
- The main meaning on this page is: Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. | Immoral; abandoned to vice. | Profligated: routed, overcome, driven away.
- Useful related words include: prodigal, libertine, rake, immoral.
- In the example corpus, profligate often appears in combinations such as: the profligate, profligate and, most profligate.
Context around Profligate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Profligate
- In this selection, "profligate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, economically, rescue, government, far and states stand out and add context to how "profligate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rather profligate spender she and accused a profligate personal enemy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "profligate" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with profligate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The police spokesman enjoined the people to be prudent and not profligate as they celebrate. (15 words)
Paying bills with borrowed money is the way of the scoundrel… the profligate… the bankrupt. (15 words)
For example, generosity is a virtue between the two extrema of miserliness and being profligate. (15 words)
It is the view of this newspaper that the government must not be profligate with regard to the management of its resources; it should rather channel it into avenues that will stimulate growth and boost the economy. (37 words)
One essay ended: The English nation, therefore, rallies for rescue from the degrading plots of a profligate oligarchy, a barbarizing sectarianism, and a boroughmongering Papacy, round their hereditary leaders—the Peers. (31 words)
The RN must now be hoping that the Assembly is either deadlocked or dominated by an economically profligate far-left agenda that could further threaten France’s already strained budget. (30 words)
And third, what would be so awful about our too-big, too-profligate government grinding to a halt for a week or so? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
And third, what would be so awful about our too-big, too-profligate government grinding to a halt for a week or so?
The police spokesman enjoined the people to be prudent and not profligate as they celebrate.
The RN must now be hoping that the Assembly is either deadlocked or dominated by an economically profligate far-left agenda that could further threaten France’s already strained budget.
Before the coronavirus pandemic put millions of Americans out of work, spending so much money on new doomsday weapons was profligate.
They’re afraid a GOP Senate won’t agree to another spending blowout to rescue profligate states like Illinois and New Jersey.
The favourite son of Pope Alexander, Cesare had led a profligate life at the Vatican in the company of whores, drunkards and courtesans.
The Republican Party under Trump is now the most profligate and debt-driving party in the nation’s history.
And Paul isn’t making an exception for profligate military spending like many so-called fiscal hawks do, even though it makes up the biggest share of the federal budget.
It is the view of this newspaper that the government must not be profligate with regard to the management of its resources; it should rather channel it into avenues that will stimulate growth and boost the economy.
Its pattern was as in the first half, but more so: the metronomic mastery of the Croats versus the profligate flair of the French.
I was elated when Nigerians succeeded in chasing away the profligate and reckless government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Paying bills with borrowed money is the way of the scoundrel… the profligate… the bankrupt.
Profligate Arsenal punished by 10-man Atletico Madrid (Today) - Outgoing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lamented a familiar defensive lapse as his side failed to.
Apuleius accused a profligate personal enemy of turning his house into a brothel and prostituting his own wife.
A rather profligate spender, she had a large library and loved to entertain and listen to music.
Ellmann (1988:406) The largest cut was the removal of the character of Mr. Gribsby, a solicitor who comes from London to arrest the profligate "Ernest" (i.
For example, generosity is a virtue between the two extrema of miserliness and being profligate.
Imagine to yourself everything most profligate and shocking in the way of dancing and sitting down together."sfn The Lefroy family intervened, sending him away at the end of January.
One essay ended: The English nation, therefore, rallies for rescue from the degrading plots of a profligate oligarchy, a barbarizing sectarianism, and a boroughmongering Papacy, round their hereditary leaders—the Peers.
Profligate, like all people without a rule of life, he is only coherent as an actor.
Common combinations with profligate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: