as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money
considering he has a family, his wastefulness is downright irresponsible
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Noun
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Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025 -
What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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For years, the Mission: Impossible movies stood as a welcome bulwark against the world-building extravagance of Hollywood’s franchise craze.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated the centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth with an extravagance of sonic invention and dance.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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“Wastefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastefulness. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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