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How to pronounce prodigal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms profligate, squanderer
Type of consumer
Has types scattergood, spend-all, spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel
Type Words
Synonyms extravagant, profligate, spendthrift
Derivation prodigality


prodigal in their expenditures.

Examples of prodigal

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British fiction's prodigal son, Mo still writes with terrific verve and panache.
From the independent.co.uk
The prodigal son has always seemed one of the most unfair stories in the Bible.
From the music.uk.msn.com
Free agency unfettered Turner, the prodigal son of an outdoor-advertising tycoon.
From the philly.com
Is this not the testimony of the prodigal son, the woman at the well, and Paul?
From the heraldmagazine.wordpress.com
Many parents appreciated Maharaj Ji for rehabilitating their prodigal children.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He returns as the prodigal son, rich and booming, with a strong business head.
From the telegraph.co.uk
New York City resident Julia Williams calls him a prodigal son come back home.
From the sacbee.com
The family of the prodigal son danced with joy when they saw he had returned home.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Biggest VillainLuke McAlister was welcomed home in 2009 like the prodigal son.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Extravagant: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
  • (prodigally) wastefully: to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others"
  • Prodigal is the self-titled debut album by the Contemporary Christian/Christian rock band Prodigal, released in 1982.
  • Prodigal was a progressive, influential Contemporary Christian music group from Cincinnati, Ohio which released three albums in the early 1980s. Although classified primarily as a rock band, the group's sound ranged from radio-friendly pop to keyboard-driven New Wave to pop country. ...
  • Season two of Smallville, an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on September 24, 2002, on The WB television network. ...
  • Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin off from its sister show, Stargate SG-1. ...
  • The Prodigal is a 1955 epic biblical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Charles Schnee, from a screenplay by Maurice Zimm adapted by Joseph Breen, Jr. ...
  • "The Prodigal" is episode 15 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Written by Tim Minear and directed by Bruce Seth Green, it was originally broadcast on February 22, 2000 on the WB network. ...
  • The fifth season of the military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis commenced airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on July 11, 2008, concluded on the same channel on January 9, 2009, and contained 20 episodes. ...