Word to the Wise: Profligate

"Profligate" (PROF-lih-git) - from the Latin for "to ruin" - means recklessly wasteful.

Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): "The faster money came in, the faster it went out. Stories about [Mike Tyson’s] profligacy are already legendary."

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