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profligate

/ˈprɑflɪɡət/
adjective
  1. Carelessly and wastefully spending money or using resources.
    • She called the new stadium a profligate waste of taxpayer money.
    • The profligate heir spent his entire inheritance in just two years.
    • Profligate use of water during the drought was heavily fined.
  2. Having or showing immoral behavior, especially in sexual matters.
    • He led a profligate life full of parties and scandals.
    • The movie portrays the profligate nobility of the 1920s.
    • The profligate lifestyle of the rock star was all over the news.
Synonyms
wastefulextravagant
Antonyms
frugalthrifty
noun
  1. A person who wastes money or behaves immorally.
    • The old man disowned his son, calling him a profligate.
    • History remembers him as a profligate who ruined the kingdom's finances.
    • The novel's main character is a profligate who loses everything.