extravagant adjective

/ɪkˈstræv.ə.gənt/ adj

Definition

•

spending too much money, or using too much of something

the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star

That was very extravagant of you to buy strawberries out of season.

He rarely used taxis, which he regarded as extravagant.

the extravagant use of packaging on many products

•

extreme and unreasonable

The product does not live up to the extravagant claims of the advertisers.

/ɪkˈstræv.ə.gənt.li/ adv

(Definition of extravagant adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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