prodigality

noun

Definition of prodigalitynext
1
as in waste
an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint his purchase of a new yacht was only one of a series of reckless prodigalities

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2
as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money his prodigality eventually turned him into a pauper

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigality
  1. waste
  2. generosity
  3. extravagance
  4. luxury
  5. profusion
Noun
  • Option two is preferred by major oil producers like Saudi Arabia, who want to steer the focus of the discussions toward plastic recycling and waste management, rather than its production.
    Susan Solomon, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In this case, more than 100 countries wanted measures to curb the production of plastic, rather than just finding new ways to clean up plastic waste.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of waste
Noun
  • How does an actor convey this kind of go-for-broke generosity, a quality as elusive as a cloud floating across the sky?
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • There has been an extraordinary outpouring of generosity, from the most modest to the wealthiest, and [from] beyond France.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of generosity
Noun
  • Visitors were known to poke fun at the extravagance on display in his estate.
    Liz McNeil, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The extravagance is evident before entering the gaming area, where visitors are greeted by a multimillion-dollar digital sculpture, one of only two in the United States, Amos said.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of extravagance
Noun
  • Along with strengthening Macy's nameplate, the company's goals are accelerating luxury growth and simplifying and modernizing end-to-end operations.
    Jonathan Limehouse, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Strangely, in the middle of ecological breakdown threatening the very basis of human life to thrive on this planet, superyachts or luxury tourism resorts are just not up for public debate.
    Vijay Kolinjivadi, TIME, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of luxury
Noun
  • The former New York real estate developer has put his name on a profusion of products in recent years, including sneakers, Bibles, books and watches.
    Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
  • We’ve been catapulted into this nebulous state by the powerful convergence of widespread broadband access, the profusion of mobile devices enabling near-constant Internet connectivity, and hundreds of innovations that have made data centers much easier to build and run.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
Definition of profusion
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