extravagance
اسراف
definition
noun
his reckless extravagance with other people's money
lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
example
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.
They range from lovely, understated elegance and simplicity to wild 'extravagance' .
We are going to end the culture of 'extravagance' and waste, because New Zealanders have had enough.
Impulsiveness, impatience, senseless rebellion, and 'extravagance' are the traits that so often undermine their work and dreams.
Curtis sits in the director's chair for the first time and seems willing to commit to film his whole romantic scrapbook with sporting 'extravagance' .
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' .
The degree of excess and 'extravagance' seemed over the top in even the most subdued tiki bar.
During his lifetime, Fitzgerald's reputation for 'extravagance' and dissipation affected assessments of his writings.
The same could be said of my bedroom, which lacks the 'extravagance' I would expect at these prices.
For all its richness and 'extravagance' , the hospital hotel lacked warmth.
his reckless 'extravagance' with other people's money
They rely upon a language of ‘verbal 'extravagance' and outrageousness’.
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' .
They seem to be giant physical manifestations of a kind of 'extravagance' , or excessiveness, a breaking out of boundaries, form, and structure.
Godwin and Mill both wrote with Burkean 'extravagance' about Hastings's disastrous effect on English national character.
the 'extravagance' of the decor
He is, to this day, associated with 'extravagance' and regal lavishness.
Even so, it has left me with a sense of unease about waste, especially in this industry where 'extravagance' is so normal.
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.
While always treating James with deference, Cecil urged him to curtail his 'extravagance' and also to restrain his partiality for Scots advisers and companions.
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.
I think 'extravagance' is wasted on ourselves and should always be directed at other people.
People surround their houses with frilly plants and especially with lawns - an astonishingly costly national 'extravagance' .
Yesterday the Environment Agency advised against 'extravagance' with ‘a precious resource’ but stressed there was no serious cause for concern.
Peter Stringer has occasionally been charged with a lack of 'extravagance' behind the scrum, but his antennae are never down.
It was a classic left-wing promise, because we have seen more 'extravagance' and more waste under this Government than I have ever seen in my lifetime.
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 lack of eastern 'extravagance' promises good things.
This is the harvest one reaps when one sows in 'extravagance' and dissipation.
‘The problems of formalism, bureaucracy, dishonesty, 'extravagance' and waste are relatively severe,’ he told the legislature session.
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