Gather and Waste

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Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.

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Waste is an antonym for gather in come or bring together topic.

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.

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Gather is an antonym for waste in dwindle topic.

energy	gather energy	waste energy
power	gather power	waste power
men	gather men	waste men
bunch	gather bunch	waste bunch
Other words: amount, rest, army, resources, characters, money, supplies, items, ammunition, points, spells, amounts.

But the NPC's for this quest don't want you to bring them Resource X, they don't want you to use Resource X, they just want you to pointless waste 5 OP to gather Resource X.

Source: Fetch Quest
Unfortunately, the wizard's tasks are randomly assigned: you can waste ten to fifteen minutes waiting for him to announce he's going on a trip (for fifteen minutes), which is the only time you have to gather spell components and cast spells.

Source: Video Game / King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
Waspinator has had to use this to reassemble himself on multiple occasions, because his position as Cannon Fodder and the knowledge that he'll do it meant that no one could really be bother to gather up the bits, and Megatron even thought it was a waste of effort to order someone to.

Source: Amusing Injuries / Western Animation

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