how to pronounce profligate
/ˈpɹɒf.lɪ.ɡət/
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profligate is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of profligate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… of us to be profligate the organization …”
meanings of profligate
adjective:
- Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- Overthrown, ruined.
noun:
- An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb:
- To drive away; to overcome.
profligate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word profligate occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics profligate can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that profligate can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
3) people, society, and culture;
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