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profligacy.

Careless wastefulness.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɹɑflɪɡəsi/US
  1. Careless wastefulness.

    countable
  2. Shameless and immoral behaviour.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From proflig(ate) + -acy (with -acy a suffixal construction from -ate + -cy), from Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of Latin prōflīgō, from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) (whence pro-).

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