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characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish; recklessly spendthrift; yielding abundantly : luxuriant —often used with of… See the full definition
Prodigality definition: the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.. See examples of PRODIGALITY used in a sentence.
the quality of spending or using large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: His travels enhanced his reputation for prodigality. As a novelist, her power springs directly from her prodigality.
Prodigality is excessive or extravagant spending. Your friend may feel he needs those gold chairs for his living room, but to everyone else it’s another example of his prodigality. “Idleness is the greatest prodigality,” said Ben Franklin.
Definition of prodigality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Rashly or wastefully extravagant: prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal nephew who squandered his inheritance. 2. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: "the infinite number of organic beings with which the sea of the tropics, so prodigal of life, teems" (Charles Darwin).
PRODIGALITY definition: the quality or fact of being prodigal ; wasteful extravagance in spending | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
