0 spending or using large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: --
1 someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: --
2 tending to spend or use something without thinking of the future: --
He was prodigal with his talents.
One always hopes that the prodigal will return.
Meanwhile, her prodigal sister and prodigal brother-in-law continue to live off the income of £20,000.
The sort of duties now being undertaken by our soldiers, it will be agreed, are prodigal of manpower.
One lesson that we ought to learn is that in past years we have been far too prodigal with the world's resources.
I have no belief in endowing what, in many cases, may be a bunch of prodigal sons.
He is in no way a prodigal son.
I could not help thinking that he must have been descended from one of the jealous brothers of the prodigal son.
It is worthy of the prodigal son, to boast that one is spending four times more rapidly than one's income is providing.
