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Significados de profligacy en inglés

portugués
devassidão
catalán
llibertinatge

Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

devassidão
catalán
prodigalitat

The trait of spending extravagantly.

prodigalitat
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Examples for "extravagance"
Examples for "extravagance"
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The extravagance of the debates of those years amazes the modern reader.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
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That said, it was still a stunning example of balls-out gamer extravagance.
Wired
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People shook their heads; a few suggested speculations; all agreed on extravagance.
A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready
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Wealth rolled in upon him; he entered upon a career of extravagance.
Watch Yourself Go By
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But the extravagance of the satire in some measure injures its effect.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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Those tales of the Far South were given out with some prodigality.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 01
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She had no care for the future, and exceeded men in prodigality.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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The effects of misconduct are often the same as those of prodigality.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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But neither is liberality a principal virtue, nor prodigality a capital vice.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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Schubert, alone of all the composers, resembles him in his lyric prodigality.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
Uso de profligacy en inglés
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Yet we have created a transport system whose design principle is profligacy.
The Guardian
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The ancient historians invariably note the profligacy of the inhabitants of Byzantium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
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The friend and servant of Antichrist, his copartner in crime and profligacy.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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Do not think that this means debauchery and profligacy; nothing like it.
Letters to His Son, 1749 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
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The home side's profligacy continued as Mabkhout lashed wide from point-blank range.
News.com.au
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It represented, in short, the very profligacy and abandon of unbounded wealth.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
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The tendency of the slave-owner is always toward profligacy and conspicuous waste.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
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That profligacy was shown in a stark light in the 69th minute.
The South African
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Even the cynical profligacy of Ovid shows more capacity for true love.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
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As it transpired, they would end up grateful for Murray's uncharacteristic profligacy.
The Guardian
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And hence the downward career into stupid indifferentism, even into Antinomian profligacy.
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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His neglected and unrestrained youth was abandoned to license and to profligacy.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
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Danny Rose made Liverpool pay for their profligacy with a 72nd-minute equaliser.
Reuters
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Asellus, said: If you elect to defend your profligacy, well and good.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
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In fact, the profligacy of umbrellas can work the other way.
BBC
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Immediate fiscal contraction led to greater profligacy and more pain ahead.
The Guardian
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