con·sump·tive
kən-ˈsəm(p)-tiv 
1
: tending to consume
2
: of, relating to, or affected with consumption
consumptively
adverb
: a person affected with consumption
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 12 July 2024
Researchers also updated data on consumptive water use for 14 major crops, installing ground weather stations across Yuma farmland during growing season.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Young rural migrant workers, hoping to get noticed, made videos that exaggerated the consumptive excesses of city life.
—Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
If anything, competitive eating became just another way to fold in on myself like a piece of dough, to reframe the consumptive appetites that led to fights, a DWI, and stints of flunking out of college.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 12 July 2024
Researchers also updated data on consumptive water use for 14 major crops, installing ground weather stations across Yuma farmland during growing season.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Noun
Referring to a fundraiser Sacks hosted for Trump in San Francisco last month, the former president mentioned one of Silicon Valley’s current obsessions — the growing demand for electricity to train expensive and energy consumptive AI models.
—Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Young rural migrant workers, hoping to get noticed, made videos that exaggerated the consumptive excesses of city life.
—Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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“Consumptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumptive. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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consumptive
1 of 2 adjective
con·sump·tive
kən-ˈsəm(p)-tiv
: of, relating to, or affected with consumption
consumptive
2 of 2 noun
: a person who has consumption
Medical Definition
consumptive
1 of 2 adjective
con·sump·tive
-ˈsəm(p)-tiv
: of, relating to, or affected with consumption
a consumptive cough
a consumptive child
consumptively
adverb
consumptive
2 of 2 noun
: an individual affected with consumption
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