profligacies
Wasteful spending habits
Profligacies is the plural of profligacy—reckless extravagance or wastefulness, especially with money.
The word carries moral weight, suggesting not just spending but dissolute excess: The company's profligacies eventually led to bankruptcy.
It can also refer to shameless immorality more broadly: the profligacies of the ruling class.
Extreme indulgence in vices
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- dissolutenessUnrestrained immoral behavior
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- viceBad habit or deputy
licentiousness · libertinism · decadence · hedonism · sinfulness · turpitude · shamelessness · wantonness
Excessive richness or abundance
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- wastefulnessCareless use of resources
- excessSurplus beyond need
opulence · sumptuousness · splurging · dissipation · recklessness · luxury · indulgence · affluence
Improper application
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- depletionReduction of supply
- squanderUse up carelessly
- spoilageFood degradation process
inefficiency · discard · misallocation · mismanagement · ruin · exhaustion · frittering · dissipation
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- dissolutenessUnrestrained immoral behavior
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
vice · licentiousness · libertinism · decadence · hedonism · sinfulness · turpitude · shamelessness · wantonness · dissolution
lavishness
Excessive richness or abundance
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- wastefulnessCareless use of resources
excess · opulence · sumptuousness · splurging · dissipation · recklessness · luxury · indulgence · affluence · grandeur
misuse
Improper application
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- depletionReduction of supply
- squanderUse up carelessly
spoilage · inefficiency · discard · misallocation · mismanagement · ruin · exhaustion · frittering · dissipation · negligence
profligaciesfrugalities
Acts of thrift
thriftiness · frugality · thrift · economies · parsimony
profligaciestemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
virtues · abstinence · self-restraint · moderation · self-discipline
profligate, profligacy, prodigality, prodigally, profligately