Prodigal: alternatives and connections

Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

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Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

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One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

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One who wastes; a spendthrift.

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One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

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One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.

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One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

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Any waste thing or substance

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Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.

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Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.

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Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.

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Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

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One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.

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One who squanders.

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