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profligately
adverb
formaluk /ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡət.li/ us /ˈprɑː.flɪ.ɡət.li/
in a way that wastes money, or uses something in a way that wastes it and is not wise :
spend profligatelyWe did not spend profligately when we made a profit, so we did not have to cut jobs when the economy got tough.
Greenhouse gas emissions have grown so profligately that the task of cutting them back appears almost impossible.
In previous years the area grew so much hay that farmers could use it profligately.
I do not believe we should be wasting electricity profligately on an unnecessary project.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wasting
boondoggle
dissipate
dissipation
down the drainidiom
flabbily
piss
piss something away
prodigal
prodigality
prodigally
profligacy
spendthrift
throw good money after badidiom
throw something away
toss
toss something away
uneconomic
unthrifty
wastage
wasted
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