The Only Use of
profligate
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- He was known to us all as being a most cruel wretch,—a common drunkard, who had, by his reckless mismanagement and profligate dissipation, already wasted a large portion of his father's property.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(1)
(profligate) carelessly and wastefully extravagant -- especially with money, resources, or behavior
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, profligate can refer to behavior considered immoral or to someone who behaves in such a way.