Improve and Waste

Opposite meaning words

Improve verb - To make better.

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Waste is an antonym for improve.

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.

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Improve is an antonym for waste in topics: ruin, dwindle.

character	improve character	waste character
power	improve power	waste power
life	improve life	waste life
time	improve time	waste time
Other words: world, magic, attacks, skills, abilities, lives.

One of them writes information on the chalkboard that will improve the scientist's knowledge (disposing of nuclear waste?).

Source: The Big Board
There are Space Cops to deal with that sort of thing, but Earth is considered a backwater planet, so many of them are outright reluctant to waste resources in order to defend it (though this seems to improve over the course of the franchise).

Source: Crapsack World / Western Animation
Retcon: In Space Seed, Kirk had dropped all charges against Khan, because he considered it a "terrible waste" to sentence him, while Khan took control of the Enterprise because he was a great leader who wanted to "improve man," feeling that humans had stagnated.

Source: Film / Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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