resource drain

• exhaustionState of utter depletion
• depletionReduction of supply
• burnoutChronic occupational depletion
• siphonLiquid transfer tube
• leechBlood-feeding aquatic worm

hemorrhage · strain · fatigue · draining · taxing · costly · burden · overhead · bleeding · consuming · sapping · erosion · attrition · waste · sink · bottomless · demands · stretched

• tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
• wastefulnesswaste, squandering, extravagance, profligacy, dissipation
• inefficiencyinefficient, wasteful, unproductive, ineffective, suboptimal
• leaksleak, leaks, air leak, oil leak, gas leak
• Strategic Mistakesmiscalculation, overconfidence, underestimation, poor timing, overextension
• overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out