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单词 profligacy
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Definition of profligacy in English:

profligacy

noun ˈprɒflɪɡəsiˈprɑfləɡəsi
mass noun
  • 1Reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.

    the government returned to fiscal profligacy
    count noun his financial prudence corrected the profligacies of Nero
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Offering credit cards to students would have been considered an unthinkable act of profligacy on behalf of the banks a decade earlier.
    • Locals are stunned by the profligacy as deadlines are passed and the budget overruns by millions of dollars.
    • The domestic public debt is not the product of state profligacy.
    • Meanwhile, the country is paying an onerous price for its profligacy.
    • Years of profligacy under the previous regime condemned them to their debt.
    • The investors demanded that the profligacy stop.
    • The late goal was painful punishment for their profligacy.
    • Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
    • The country needs to borrow to pay for this profligacy.
    • The introduction of some form of private finance initiative would eradicate much of the profligacy within the industry.
  • 2Licentious or dissolute behaviour.

    the emperor's sexual profligacy
    an era of extreme decadence and profligacy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has a serious problem with young people's sexual profligacy.
    • The shameless profligacy of the emperor's life was such as to shock even a jaded Roman public.
    • It isn't just sexual profligacy that will land you in trouble.
    • Her youthfulness, liberalism, drug taking and sexual profligacy made her an easy target.
    • This show conveyed the haunted profligacy of the artist and his work.

Definition of profligacy in US English:

profligacy

nounˈprɑfləɡəsiˈpräfləɡəsē
  • 1Reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.

    the government returned to fiscal profligacy
    count noun his financial prudence corrected the profligacies of Nero
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile, the country is paying an onerous price for its profligacy.
    • Locals are stunned by the profligacy as deadlines are passed and the budget overruns by millions of dollars.
    • Offering credit cards to students would have been considered an unthinkable act of profligacy on behalf of the banks a decade earlier.
    • The late goal was painful punishment for their profligacy.
    • The introduction of some form of private finance initiative would eradicate much of the profligacy within the industry.
    • The investors demanded that the profligacy stop.
    • The country needs to borrow to pay for this profligacy.
    • Years of profligacy under the previous regime condemned them to their debt.
    • Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
    • The domestic public debt is not the product of state profligacy.
  • 2Licentious or dissolute behavior.

    the emperor's sexual profligacy
    an era of extreme decadence and profligacy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The shameless profligacy of the emperor's life was such as to shock even a jaded Roman public.
    • This show conveyed the haunted profligacy of the artist and his work.
    • It has a serious problem with young people's sexual profligacy.
    • It isn't just sexual profligacy that will land you in trouble.
    • Her youthfulness, liberalism, drug taking and sexual profligacy made her an easy target.
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