Word for the day profligate

[Josiah]

profligate


/ˈprɒflɪɡɪt/

adjective
1.shamelessly immoral or debauched

2.wildly extravagant or wasteful


noun
3.a profligate person



Derived Forms
profligacy (ˈprɒflɪɡəsɪ) noun
profligately, adverb

It seems to me that I encounter the word used with the 2nd meaning (extravagant and wasteful)

 

[oakapple]

Yes, me too, but 200 years ago it was used more for the other way, a profligate sinner etc.