4
recklessness(noun, waste, luxury, extravagance, excess)
3
loss(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
3
splurging(verb, expending)
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frittering
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improvident
3
misuse(noun, ruin, abuse, waste, application)
3
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3
wantonness(noun, indulgence, recklessness, debauchery, licentiousness)
3
wastage(noun, ruin, misuse, wildness, immoderation)
2
exorbitance(noun, waste, luxury, extravagance, excess)
2
bereavement(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
2
carelessness(noun, extravagance, profligacy)
2
debauchery(noun, indulgence, recklessness, licentiousness, wastefulness)
2
deprivation(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
2
devastation(noun, ruin, misuse, spending)
2
dispersing
2
dissipate
2
dissoluteness(noun, indulgence, recklessness, debauchery, licentiousness)
2
dissolution(noun, indulgence, recklessness, debauchery, licentiousness)
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