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• n  a recklessly extravagant consumer
• s  recklessly wasteful
  prodigal in their expenditures

• The airline companies have to mend their prodigal ways else they will all go under the hammer.
• It is not easy to explain the meaning of prodigal till the money lasts.
• Wayne Junior, the CEO is hopelessly prodigal, and it will be a miracle if the company is able to withstand the recessionary pressures.

• profligate
• squanderer
• extravagant
• spendthrift

News & Articles

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• Jose Mourinho Will Return Chelsea to Glory If He Continues to Improve As Manager
  Jose Mourinho left Chelsea in 2007 and he went on a “lap around Europe.” He returned to Stamford Bridge on Monday, saying he became a “better” manager and “calmer” man during his travels. Mourinho’s Chelsea return mixes two classic stories. There’s a hint of the parable of the prodigal son (or prodigal “daddy” as far as […]
  June 11, 2013 - New England Sports Network
• AC Milan: Why Carlos Tevez Plus Cash for Stephan El Shaarawy Is a One-Sided Deal
  Manchester City's Carlos Tevez has only 12 months to run on his contract, and the club are looking at exit solutions so they don't lose him for free next year. One possible avenue is to sell him to AC Milan, and while discussing the transfer of Tevez to San Siro , City's interest in the Rossoneri's prodigal talent Stephan El Shaarawy emerged. The idea of a swap deal has surfaced, but there's no ...
  June 11, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Good Samaritanism is not dead, thank God
  Biblical scholars, asked to pick what they thought were the greatest parables of Jesus, selected The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11ff) as No. 1 and The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25ff) as a close second.
  June 9, 2013 - Bluffton Today