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waste(noun, ruin, use, rest, spare)
14
extravagance(noun, ruin, waste, rest, spare)
14
prodigality(noun, ruin, waste, save, careful)
12
dissipation(noun, ruin, waste, luxury, extravagance)
12
lavishness(noun, ruin, waste, rest, spare)
12
profligacy(noun, waste, save, careful, luxury)
9
improvidence(noun, ruin, waste, luxury, extravagance)
8
squandering(noun, ruin, waste, luxury, extravagance)
5
squander(noun, ruin, waste, save, careful)
3
immoderation(noun, waste, luxury, extravagance, excess)
2
exhaustion(noun, ruin, spending)
2
expenditure(noun, ruin, waste, luxury, extravagance)
2
wastage(noun, ruin, wildness, immoderation)
1
desolation(noun, ruin, spending)
1
destruction(noun, ruin, spending)
1
devastation(noun, ruin, spending)
1
high living(noun, expression, wildness, overspending)
1
icing on the cake(noun, expression, idiom, waste, luxury)
1
loss(noun, ruin, wildness, immoderation)
1
lost opportunity(noun, expression, ruin, wildness)
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