Prof"it*less, a. Without profit; unprofitable. Shak.
Prof"li*ga*cy (?), n. [See Profligate, a.] The quality of state of
being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state
of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.
Prof"li*gate (?), a. [L. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike or
dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to fligere to
strike. See Afflict.]