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Adjective: prodigal  pró-du-gul
  1. Recklessly wasteful
    "prodigal in their expenditures"
    - extravagant, profligate, spendthrift
Noun: prodigal  pró-du-gul
  1. A recklessly extravagant consumer
    - profligate, squanderer

Derived forms: prodigals

See also: prodigality, prodigally, wasteful

Type of: consumer

Encyclopedia: Prodigal