Wasteful, spending extravagantly or foolishly, squandering one's
resources: “His spendthrift habits will put the company out of business.”
You may use spendthrift either as an adjective meaning wasteful,
spending extravagantly, or as a noun to mean a wasteful person, someone
who foolishly squanders money or resources: “There isn't a thrifty bone in
his body. He's a gambler and a spendthrift to the core.”
The words improvident, prodigal, profligate, and spendthrift all mean
wasteful, spending thoughtlessly or squandering one's resources.
Improvident (im-PRAHV-i-dent) means literally not provident, not
providing for the future; the improvident person does not save money for
retirement or for a rainy day.
Prodigal (PRAH-di-gal) is a close synonym of spendthrift and means
spending money in a reckless or extravagant way, usually to support a
lavish or luxurious lifestyle.
In the Bible, the famous parable about the
prodigal son tells of a young man who wasted his inheritance but was
forgiven by his father.
Profligate (PRAHF-li-git) means extremely prodigal or spendthrift; it
refers specifically to a person who spends money with reckless abandon
and lives a life shamelessly devoted to pleasure: a profligate Hollywood
movie star who squandered his fortune in exclusive nightclubs and casinos.Spendthrift means wasteful, spending extravagantly: “The taxpayers want
a more efficient and less spendthrift government.”
王二狗Mark
Wasteful, spending extravagantly or foolishly, squandering one's resources: “His spendthrift habits will put the company out of business.” You may use spendthrift either as an adjective meaning wasteful, spending extravagantly, or as a noun to mean a wasteful person, someone who foolishly squanders money or resources: “There isn't a thrifty bone in his body. He's a gambler and a spendthrift to the core.”
王二狗Mark
The words improvident, prodigal, profligate, and spendthrift all mean wasteful, spending thoughtlessly or squandering one's resources. Improvident (im-PRAHV-i-dent) means literally not provident, not providing for the future; the improvident person does not save money for retirement or for a rainy day. Prodigal (PRAH-di-gal) is a close synonym of spendthrift and means spending money in a reckless or extravagant way, usually to support a lavish or luxurious lifestyle.
王二狗Mark
In the Bible, the famous parable about the prodigal son tells of a young man who wasted his inheritance but was forgiven by his father. Profligate (PRAHF-li-git) means extremely prodigal or spendthrift; it refers specifically to a person who spends money with reckless abandon and lives a life shamelessly devoted to pleasure: a profligate Hollywood movie star who squandered his fortune in exclusive nightclubs and casinos.Spendthrift means wasteful, spending extravagantly: “The taxpayers want a more efficient and less spendthrift government.”