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The correct spelling is profligate.
How to pronounce profligate
/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/
nounIPA: /ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/
Say it like: Pro-fli-gat-e
The correct spelling is profligate. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- 2.An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb
- 1.To drive away; to overcome.
adjective
- 1.Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- 2.Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- 3.Overthrown, ruined.
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