as in wasteful
given to spending money freely or foolishly
an overpriced nightclub that caters mainly to high-rolling tourists
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Adjective
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In fact, state housing finance agencies do this all the time for wasteful Low Income Housing Tax (LIHTC) apartment buildings which create no equity for residents at all.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025 -
Trump has described the federal government as bloated and wasteful.—
Lucia Mutikani,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Galle’s father worked for Marie Antoinette, but the French Revolution unsurprisingly had a major impact on the aristocratic market for spendthrift furnishings like this.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2024
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Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Illinois politicians, as a class, are known for many things: corruption, high taxes, profligate spending and heavy regulation.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Put another way, in this view, well-off people who choose to live in profligate spending states shouldn’t get to deduct state and local taxes on their federal returns, saving large amounts of money ahead of each April 15.—
David Mark,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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“High-rolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rolling. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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