Words / C1

ik-STRAV-uh-g-uh-nt/ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/

Extravagant means spending or using much more than is reasonable: extravagant costs, extravagant claims. Wasteful is a close twin; lavish is richer; modest sits opposite. A launch film is optional; a staffed sitting is the contract.

Meaning

Spending or using much more than is reasonable or necessary.

Examples

• “An extravagant launch film does not excuse an unstaffed sitting.”
• “Wasteful is the close twin. Lavish is richer. Prodigal is literary. Film is comms. Names on a rota are performance. Shoot after the sitting is staffed, or do not shoot.”

Good to know

Unreasonably costly or excessive. Close: wasteful. Contrast: modest. A film is not cover.

Near in meaning

wasteful

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