prodigality
wasteful extravagance
Roots
- ag / act: do, drive, or set in motion
- pro-: forward, forth, outward, or in favor of
- prodig / prodigal: wasteful pouring out or extravagant spending
Other words with the ag / act root
- act: to do something
- action: the act or process of doing something
- agency: ability to act or an organization
- agenda: a list of things to be done
- agent: a person or thing that acts
- agitate: to stir up or drive into motion
- castigate: to criticize or punish severely
- castigation: severe criticism or punishment
Other words with the prodig / prodigal root
- prodigal: wastefully extravagant or recklessly generous
Prodigality is the habit behind prodigal behavior: resources pouring out too freely.
The committee admired generosity but worried about the prodigality of the plan.
Prodigality is not generosity with judgment. It is generosity or spending with the doors left open and no guard at the gate.