using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way synonym wasteful挥霍的;浪费的 profligate spending 恣意挥霍的开支 the profligate use of resources 对资源的肆意使用 The opposition criticized the government’s profligate spending plans. 反对派批评了政府挥霍无度的开支计划。 The report dismisses claims that the US is profligate in its use of energy. 该报告驳斥了美国在能源使用上挥霍无度的说法。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘overthrown, routed’): from Latin profligatus ‘dissolute’, past participle of profligare ‘overthrow, ruin’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + fligere ‘strike down’.