Preserved and Waste

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Preserved adjective - Kept intact or in a particular condition.

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Waste is an antonym for preserved in care for topic.

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.

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Preserved is an antonym for waste.

Though they weren't actually going extinct, some alien dissidents preserved a collection of their race's greatest artistic masterpieces when their government declared art to be an illegal waste of resources.

Source: Fling a Light into the Future

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