Economy
Economy noun - Careful management of material resources.
Waste
Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
Usage example: it seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The exporting of industrial waste is the backbone of the race's entire economy.
Source: Planet of Hats -
Wedding dresses made from retired parachutes were fairly common in those days, since the parachutes were no longer being used as such but were still large amounts of precious silk, in a wartime/post-war economy when such resources couldn't be allowed to go to waste.
Source: Curtain Clothing -
Global Warming: After humanity went extinct, waste heat from the nano-economy combined with indifference from the surviving robots to cause a runaway greenhouse effect on Earth (the Gulf of Mexico is described as having reached a roiling boil).
Source: Literature / Saturn's Children
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