extravagance
berlebih-lebihan
definition
noun
his reckless extravagance with other people's money
lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
example
They rely upon a language of ‘verbal 'extravagance' and outrageousness’.
It is not just a case of eliminating 'extravagance' and waste, we have got to manage the budget and be even more efficient.
salmon trout is an unnecessary 'extravagance'
‘The problems of formalism, bureaucracy, dishonesty, 'extravagance' and waste are relatively severe,’ he told the legislature session.
Easter (in March or April) is the most important religious holiday and is highly revered by the Russian Orthodox Church with elaborate rituals and 'extravagance' .
For all its richness and 'extravagance' , the hospital hotel lacked warmth.
Peter Stringer has occasionally been charged with a lack of 'extravagance' behind the scrum, but his antennae are never down.
People surround their houses with frilly plants and especially with lawns - an astonishingly costly national 'extravagance' .
And 'extravagance' and waste prevailing on campus has seldom, if at all, been addressed as a pressing issue.
In reckless 'extravagance' he outdid the prodigals of all times in ingenuity… and set before his guests loaves and meats of gold, declaring that a man ought either to be frugal or be Caesar.
He is, to this day, associated with 'extravagance' and regal lavishness.
I think 'extravagance' is wasted on ourselves and should always be directed at other people.
They seem to be giant physical manifestations of a kind of 'extravagance' , or excessiveness, a breaking out of boundaries, form, and structure.
The degree of excess and 'extravagance' seemed over the top in even the most subdued tiki bar.
his reckless 'extravagance' with other people's money
I got bored with 'extravagance' , the time wasting and delaying, the speeches that were so horrendously long… it was enough to make any real person want to sleep for an eternity.
During his lifetime, Fitzgerald's reputation for 'extravagance' and dissipation affected assessments of his writings.
Impulsiveness, impatience, senseless rebellion, and 'extravagance' are the traits that so often undermine their work and dreams.
The same could be said of my bedroom, which lacks the 'extravagance' I would expect at these prices.
the 'extravagance' of the decor
But to get back to the question of a gay sensibility: cliche has us believe that amongst its ingredients are flamboyance, showiness, excess and 'extravagance' .
Even so, it has left me with a sense of unease about waste, especially in this industry where 'extravagance' is so normal.
This is the harvest one reaps when one sows in 'extravagance' and dissipation.
While always treating James with deference, Cecil urged him to curtail his 'extravagance' and also to restrain his partiality for Scots advisers and companions.
Godwin and Mill both wrote with Burkean 'extravagance' about Hastings's disastrous effect on English national character.
When you shear it of all its pomp and 'extravagance' , when you whittle it down to the very basics of musical comedy plotting, Half a Sixpence should work like a lucky charm.
his reckless 'extravagance' with other people's money
We are going to end the culture of 'extravagance' and waste, because New Zealanders have had enough.
But the appearance of financial cronyism, allied to the vexed issue of government 'extravagance' on failing computer systems, does not sit well with the chancellor's austere image.
The big unknown for hotels and restaurants that had factored corporate 'extravagance' into their plans is how much spending will be reined in.
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