Invent and Waste

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Invent

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
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Waste is an antonym for invent.
Nearby Words: invention, invented, inventive, inventor, inventing

Waste

Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: one country attempting to waste another
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Antonyms for Waste
Invent is an antonym for waste.
Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness
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Common collocations

character invent character waste character
life invent life waste life
spell invent spell waste spell
characters invent characters waste characters
Other words: world, words, items, spells.

Both words in one sentence

  • Planet of Hats They're saved from being an entire race of Captain Planet villains because they're not polluting just for the sake of it — it's simply that they've never bothered to invent "clean" technologies as long as the waste is transported a long way from the homeworld.
    Source: Planet of Hats
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