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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "tōtōa"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"word": "расточи́тельный"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "slösaktig"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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"Uninhabited, desolate."
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"(obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate."
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "bədxərc"
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{
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "israfcıl"
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{
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "разточителен"
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"roman": "prahosničeski",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "прахоснически"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "浪費"
},
{
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"roman": "làngfèi",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "浪费"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "verspillend"
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{
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "tuhlaava"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "dépensier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "gaspilleur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "dilapidateur"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "verschwenderisch"
},
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "caifeach"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "caiteach"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "diomailteach"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "drabhlásach"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "scabáistiúil"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "vástúil"
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"code": "sga",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "díblásach"
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{
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"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "dimbailech"
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{
"code": "sga",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "dombuilech"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "prodigo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukeizai na",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "不経済な"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "prōdigus"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "tōtōa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "ngutuhore"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "rozrzutny"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "desperdiçador"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "risipitor"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "rastočítelʹnyj",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "расточи́тельный"
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"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "derrochador"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "antieconómico"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "slösaktig"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnotratnyj",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
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