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1) (in the habit of) wasting money etc; (of ideas, speech, behaviour) going beyond what is reasonable; not properly controlled (extravagant)

2) (of a person) wasting time, energy etc in their work or duties (inefficient)

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Meaning:
ailing

become poorer or worse

not feeling well

anorexia

a mental illness that makes a person refuse to eat

gauntness

carnage

the killing of many people

massacre

corrosive

(of) a substance that corrodes

consuming, wearing; bitter

decay

to be, begin to be, decaying

breaking down, collapse

gangrene

the decay of a part of the body because the supply of blood to it has been stopped

decay

WASTING as in Wiktionary
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