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The meaning of PRODIGAL is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish. How to use prodigal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prodigal.
Prodigal definition: wastefully or recklessly extravagant. See examples of PRODIGAL used in a sentence.
someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: The prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the misers. She, who was formerly a prodigal, showed herself suddenly wise and she loathed her shameful deeds.
1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant. 2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish (usu. fol. by of or with ): to be prodigal with money. 3. lavishly abundant; profuse: prodigal resources. n. 4. a person who spends money or uses resources with wasteful extravagance; wastrel or profligate.
Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch.
Synonyms for PRODIGAL: wasteful, profligate, generous, extravagant, spendthrift, unthrifty, high-rolling, liberal; Antonyms of PRODIGAL: frugal, thrifty, economical, parsimonious, conserving, miserly, penurious, spare.
a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home. Definition of prodigal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person.
5 days ago · prodigal (comparative more prodigal, superlative most prodigal) Wastefully extravagant. He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays. The prodigal son spent his share of his inheritance until he was destitute.
Prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal nephew who squandered his inheritance.
