profligacy

[ prof-li-guh-see ]

/ ˈprɒf lɪ gə si /

shameless dissoluteness.

reckless extravagance.

great abundance.

Origin of profligacy

First recorded in 1730–40; proflig(ate) + -acy

prodigality profligacy

Even those who were not already republicans wanted the royals to be more aware of how incongruous their profligacy seemed.

Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland |Clive Irving |September 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
King even attributed poverty in large measure to what he considered the profligacy and laziness of African Americans.

Does Obama Embody the Best of MLK? |Thaddeus Russell |October 15, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
There are also undeniable hints of Objectivism in fashions that celebrated the profligacy of the 1980s and of the pre-bust 2000s.

Ayn Rand Power Dressing |Rebecca Dana |October 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
These unhappy dramas usually play out against a background of boredom, profligacy, infidelities, divorces, drinking and so forth.

Why Rich People Are So Miserable |Barbara Goldsmith |November 21, 2008 |DAILY BEAST

Profligacy of time too often commences in childhood—increases in youth and is made bankrupt in manhood.

Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution |L. Carroll Judson
He seduced his own daughter; and gave notorious evidence of the profligacy of his life by five illegitimate children.

Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues |John Alberger
But the danger of their profligacy was a more delicate and ominous text for censure.

Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 |Various
When that great national outbreak occurred, society was impenetrated with vice and profligacy.

Character |Samuel Smiles
The convent to which this friar belonged, is notorious, among the lower classes, for profligacy.

Letters from Spain |Joseph Blanco White