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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "derrochador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "antieconómico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "slösaktig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "hesapsız"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "idaresiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "müsrif"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "savruk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "savurgan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"word": "tutumsuz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnotratnyj",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "марнотратний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "roztratlyvyj",
"sense": "inclined to waste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "розтратливий"
}
],
"word": "wasteful"
}
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