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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.
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. See prodigal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: prodigal. Definition of prodigal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
(often followed by of or with) Someone yielding profusely, lavish. She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles. How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget? Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: spendthrift. profligate. extravagant. profuse. superabundant. riotous. opulent.
