profligate
/ˈprɒflɪɡət/
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American sound/ˈprɒflɪɡət/
profligate
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prof - li - gate -> profligate
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profligate /'prɒflÇgǝt/ adj
(fml derog ) အသုံးအဖြုန်းကြီးသော။ ဖြုန်းတီးသော။ profligate spending ❍ a profligate lifestyle.
❏ profligacy /'prɒflÇgǝsi/ n
[U] (fml derog ) စည်းမဲ့ကမ်းမဲ့ သုံးခြင်း။ ဖြုန်းတီးခြင်း။ financial profligacy.
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- profligate /'prɒflÇgǝt/ adj ( fml derog ) အသုံးအဖြုန်းကြီးသော။ ဖြုန်းတီးသော။ profligate spending
- a profligate lifestyle. ❏ profligacy /'prɒflÇgǝsi/ n [U] ( fml derog ) စည်းမဲ့ကမ်းမဲ့ သုံးခြင်း။ ဖြုန်းတီးခြင်း။ financial profligacy.
Synonyms
extravagant, wasteful, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, decadent, abandoned, corrupt, debauched, debauchee, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissipater, dissolute, good-for-nothing, immoderate, immoral, improvident, iniquitous, lavish, lax, lecher, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, nighthawk, no-good, old goat, operator, prodigal, promiscuous, rake, reprobate, roué, shameless, swinger, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, waster, wastrel, wicked, wild
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