extravagant

/ɪkˈstrævəgənt/ adjective

Definition

WASTING MONEY › costing too much or spending a lot more money than you need to: the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star

NOT ACCEPTABLE › too unusual and extreme to be believed or controlled: the extravagant claims made by cosmetics companies

extravagance

/ɪkˈstrævəgəns/ noun [C, U] › when someone or something is extravagant extravagantly adverb

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

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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