Prodigality
Nouns
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prodigality, prodigence
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unthriftiness, waste
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profusion, profuseness
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extravagance
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squandering etc. v.
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malversation. prodigal
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spendthrift, waste thrift
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losel, squanderer, locust
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high roller [U.S.].
Verbs
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be prodigal etc. adj.
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squander, lavish, sow broadcast
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pour forth like water
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blow, blow in [Slang]
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pay through the nose etc. (dear) Dearness
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spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable
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run out, run through
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misspend
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throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet
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burn the candle at both ends
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make ducks and drakes of one's money
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fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money
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pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Adjectives
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prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, losel, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal
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full-handed etc. (liberal) Liberality. penny wise and pound foolish.
Adverbs
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with an unsparing hand
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money burning a hole in one's pocket.
Phrases
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spendthrift alike of money and of wit" [Cowper]
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squandering wealth was his peculiar squandering wealth was his peculiar art" [Dryden].