tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting