[
UK
/kənsˈʌmptɪv/
]
ADJECTIVE
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tending to consume or use often wastefully
duties consumptive of time and energy
water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
consumptive fires -
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
a consumptive patient
a consumptive cough
NOUN
- a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
How To Use consumptive In A Sentence
- a consumptive cough
- One of the finest weblogs has been morphing into a new shape: "consumptive is back. a lot simpler, a lot more blank. Conscientious: Weblogs: September 2004 Archives
- Leprosy awakes not sometimes before forty, the gout and stone often later; but consumptive and tabid+ roots sprout more early, and at the fairest make seventeen years of our life doubtful before that age. Letter to a Friend
- However, the most common and widespread use of wildlife is nonconsumptive tourism, which takes place in areas where densities of wildlife are high. Southern Africa and biodiversity conservation
- He felt it was time to focus on the nonconsumptive use of wildlife. Steve and Me
- He puts his hand to his brow, in the manner of a tragic consumptive.
- A fearless and ambitious entrepreneur named Nathan Cross moves with his consumptive wife and two sons to the little town of Defiance, Missouri in 1874.
- His consumptive, rail thin appearance prompts a collective involuntary gasp, not just because he looks as though his legs might buckle at any second but because the resemblance to his legendary grandfather is almost eerie.
- Doesn't that give the public the nonconsumptive recreational water right and utilization of the bed, whether private or public, and not be civilly or criminally trespassing? Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- Leprosy awakes not sometimes before forty, the gout and stone often later; but consumptive and tabid [III. w] roots sprout more early, and at the fairest make seventeen years of our life doubtful before that age. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
