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Recklessly Wasteful Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "PRODIGAL" which means:
- noun
- • A recklessly extravagant consumer adjective satellite
- • Recklessly wasteful adjective
- • Wastefully extravagant.
- • (often followed by of or with) yielding profusely, lavish.
- • Profuse, lavishly abundant.
- • (by allusion to the biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; behaving as a prodigal son.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He was a prodigal son who squandered all his inheritance."
- • "The prodigal expenditure of the government led to a financial crisis."
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