consumptive
adjective
1. tending to consume or use often wastefully
- water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
- duties consumptive of time and energy
- consumptive fires
Similar word(s): exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive
2. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
- a consumptive patient
- a consumptive cough
Sentences with consumptive as an adjective:
- consumptive cough