1. Recklessly wasteful
   "prodigal in their expenditures";
   - extravagant, profligate, spendthrift

1. A recklessly extravagant consumer
   "The prodigal quickly depleted his inheritance on luxury items";
   - profligate, squanderer

Derived forms: prodigals

See also: wasteful

Type of: consumer

Encyclopedia: Prodigal