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prodigals
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someone who spends or uses resources recklessly or wastefully
- Though he had wasted his inheritance, the community still saw him as a fellow man, not as a prodigal.
- The rock star lifestyle of fast cars, mansions and partying earned him a reputation as a prodigal with money.
- As prodigals, they wasted no time lavishing their windfall on frivolous pleasures that wouldn't last.
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