Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a profligate manner; without principle or shame; in a course of extreme viciousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a profligate manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
profligate manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a dissolute way
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Examples
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I adore Fedco Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and Seeds from Italy--read every word of them and order profligately from them.
Maria Rodale: A Visit to My Kitchen: Michele Owens, author of Grow the Good Life Maria Rodale 2011
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That's why -- irrational as it is -- we take on more and more debt, grow fatter and fatter, continue to profligately spend down the earth's finite resources ,and struggle to pay attention to anything for very long.
Tony Schwartz: Take Back Your Attention Tony Schwartz 2011
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It's thanks to Linda and the depth of her ... her profundity that means pornography proliferates so profligately.
Post for 'Ada Lovelace Day' Dungeekin 2009
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I adore Fedco Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and Seeds from Italy--read every word of them and order profligately from them.
Maria Rodale: A Visit to My Kitchen: Michele Owens, author of Grow the Good Life Maria Rodale 2011
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We have profligately used up a lot of those assets and lived well in the process.
Robert K. Lifton: Jobs, Deficits and the Coming Test of America's Democracy Robert K. Lifton 2010
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It's thanks to Linda and the depth of her ... her profundity that means pornography proliferates so profligately.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Any country that exercises its freedom to profligately pollute ultimately condemns other countries to annihilation.
Kelly Rigg: Will the Real Global Warming Alarmists Please Stand Up? Kelly Rigg 2011
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But go ahead and assume the couple live paycheck to paycheck (however profligately) and never put a dime away for the future.
Straw figures on taxes blur true picture Post 2010
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He believes the greatest mistake a brand can make is to grow too quickly or say yes profligately to promotional opportunities, which in this age of fast fashion and ubiquitous designer collaborations seems like a novel idea.
Pierre Rougier: The Man Behind the Curtain Nancy Hass 2011
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I adore Fedco Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and Seeds from Italy--read every word of them and order profligately from them.
Maria Rodale: A Visit to My Kitchen: Michele Owens, Author of Grow the Good Life Maria Rodale 2011
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