Necessity and Waste

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Necessity

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.
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Antonyms for Necessity
Waste is an antonym for necessity.
Nearby Words: necessary, necessarily, necessitous

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
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Synonyms for Waste
Antonyms for Waste
Necessity is an antonym for waste.
Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness
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How words are described

human human necessity human waste
good good necessity good waste
sad sad necessity sad waste
absolute absolute necessity absolute waste
Other adjectives: cold, tragic, military, medical, biological.
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