profligate

You call yourself a spender, but maybe that’s really just in the sense of spending all that you have coming in, rather than profligate luxury spending.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Everybody is testing which countries will yield first to bond vigilantes’ pressure,” he said, referring to the idea that bond investors hold profligate borrowers to account.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

This is not to minimize deficit and debt considerations; profligate fiscal policies always run the risk of upsetting the bond vigilantes, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

This much silence from pop music’s most dramatic main character, biggest cornball and most profligate breadcrumb dropper has rattled the usual channels for all things Swift.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

He bought four pair—a profligate quantity of socks—and not only were they not gray, no two pair were even the same color.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor