PRODIGAL

[adjective] [formal] - wasteful with money; tending to spend large amounts without thinking of the futureThere have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.The prodigal son is a man or boy who has left his family in order to do something that the family disapprove of and has now returned home feeling sorry and regretful for what he has done.(figurative) Manchester City football club sees the return of the prodigal son tonight with Black once again in the side after a season away.