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English to English adjective
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tending to consume or use often wastefully |  | Example: water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
duties consumptive of time and energy
consumptive fires
source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis | | Example: a consumptive patient
a consumptive cough
source: wordnet30 noun
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a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | | source: wordnet30
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One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. | | source: webster1913
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