noun
- instances of wasteful or reckless spending; extravagant expenditures
Usage: plural form of prodigality
Examples
- The king’s prodigalities eventually bankrupted the royal treasury.
- Her financial prodigalities during college left her deeply in debt.
- The company’s prodigalities in the boom years came back to haunt them.
- Critics condemned the government’s prodigalities while citizens struggled.
- His prodigalities at expensive restaurants were legendary among friends.
- The family’s prodigalities forced them to sell their estate.