prodigaladjective
uk/ˈprɒd.ɪ.ɡəl/us/ˈprɑː.dɪ.ɡəl/formalspending large amounts of money without thinking of the future, in a way that is not wise:
There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wasting
- boondoggle
- dissipate
- down the drain idiom
- fritter
- fritter sth away
- lose
- misspend
- piss sth away
- profligate
- reinvent
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander
- throw
- toss
- wastage
- waste
- waste not, want not idiom
- wasted
- wasteful
- waster
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prodigality
noun [ U ] uk/ˌprɒd.ɪˈɡæl.ə.ti/us/ˌprɑː.dɪˈɡæl.ə.t̬i/
prodigally
adverb uk/ˈprɒd.ɪ.ɡəl.i/us/ˈprɑː.dɪ.ɡəl.i/