prodigal

IPA: prˈɑdɪgʌɫ

Wastefully extravagant.
(often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
Profuse, lavishly abundant.
(by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32) Behaving as a prodigal son:
Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.

Examples of "prodigal" in Sentences

"The foogin 'prodigal RETURNS" made me laugh out loud.
The parable of the prodigal is a picture of the latter kind.
Yo, bible bashing book dad, your bastard prodigal is a man of science.
If this were the _hired_ class, the prodigal was a sorry specimen of humility.
The word prodigal, from Greek , doesn’t mean “wayward”; it means “wastefully extravagant.”
Let it be noticed that this is a thoroughly Calvinistic parable in that the prodigal was a son, and could not lose that relationship.
When the prodigal is brought home to his father it is meet that we should make merry and be glad (Luke xv. 32); and when the marriage of the Lamb has come let us be glad and rejoice (Rev. xix.