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  • 61lavish — I. a. Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over liberal. II. v. a. 1. Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly. 2. Bestow prodigally, pour out …

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  • 62improvident — adjective one consequence of a healthy economy may be a generation of improvident youth Syn: spendthrift, thriftless, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, lavish, free spending, immoderate, excessive; imprudent, irresponsible, careless,… …

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  • 63spendthrift — 1. noun he is such a spendthrift Syn: profligate, prodigal, squanderer, waster; informal big spender Ant: miser 2. adjective his spendthrift father Syn: profligate, improvident, thriftless, wasteful, extravagant, prodigal …

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  • 64wasteful — adjective a wasteful use of fuel Syn: prodigal, profligate, uneconomical, inefficient, extravagant, lavish, excessive, imprudent, improvident, intemperate; thriftless, spendthrift; needless, useless Ant: frugal …

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  • 65extravagant — adj 1. excessive, extreme, inordinate, profuse; prodigal, improvident, wasteful, spendthrift, thriftless, penny wise and pound foolish; spending lavishly, squandering, unthrifty, imprudent. 2. unreasonable, outrageous, unrestrained, wild,… …

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  • 66improvident — adj 1. incautious, unwary, imprudent, unobservant, unwatchful, unalert, unvigilant; heedless, careless, reckless, precipitate, temerarious, rash, headlong; thoughtless, unthinking, unmindful, disregardful; inattentive, inadvertent, regardless,… …

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  • 67lavish — adj 1. generous, unstinting, open handed, bountiful, liberal, big hearted, great hearted, unselfish, princely; extravagant, excessive, wasteful, profligate, squandering, improvident, prodigal, thriftless, intemperate; epicurean, sybaritic,… …

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  • 68prodigal — adj 1. profligate, wasteful, spendthrift, dissipative, squandering, improvident, thriftless; extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, overweening, exorbitant, excessive, unwarranted; munificent, generous, open handed, free handed. 2. abundant,… …

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  • 69profligate — adj 1. dissolute, libertine, rakish, rakehell; disssipated, lascivious, debauched; lecherous, lubricous, Sl. horny, satyric, satyrical, satyrlike, goatish, Archaic. lickerish; carnal, erotic, voluptuous, sensual, sybaritic; licentious, abandoned …

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  • 70profuse — adj 1. lavish, extravagant, excessive, exorbitant, inordinate, immoderate, profusive, beyond all bounds; uncalled for, unwarranted; extreme, superlative, overblown, overgrown, overmuch; overgener ous, overliberal, overlavish, too much, too many.… …

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