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"(countable) Careless wastefulness."
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"word": "roekeloosheid"
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
"word": "pazarlás"
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"word": "sperpero"
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"word": "prodigalidade"
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"word": "desperdício"
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"roman": "rastočitelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "careless wastefulness",
"tags": [
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"sense": "careless wastefulness",
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
"tags": [
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
"word": "losbandigheid"
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
"tags": [
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"word": "dissolutezza"
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
"tags": [
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"word": "sregolatezza"
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
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"word": "libertinagem"
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"sense": "shameless and immoral behaviour",
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"word": "licenciosidade"
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