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a religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation's decadent aristocrats
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Post-match, head coach Julen Lopetegui lamented West Ham’s profligacy.
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Defense spending that grows and grows without substantive reforms and allows a department that has never passed an audit to perpetuate its profligacy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
On the balance of the play, Arsenal probably deserved more than nothing last season and the inverse was true at Villa Park on Saturday evening, decided by the host’s profligacy and conceding at a stage when Arsenal were stumbling.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Defense spending that grows and grows without substantive reforms and allows a department that has never passed an audit to perpetuate its profligacy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
On the balance of the play, Arsenal probably deserved more than nothing last season and the inverse was true at Villa Park on Saturday evening, decided by the host’s profligacy and conceding at a stage when Arsenal were stumbling.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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“Profligacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profligacy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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profligacy
noun
prof·li·ga·cy
ˈpräf-li-gə-sē 
: the quality or state of being profligate
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