Produce and Waste

Produce

Produce verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Waste is an antonym for produce.

Waste

Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: one country attempting to waste another

Produce is an antonym for waste.

How words are described

real real produce real waste
enormous enormous produce enormous waste
little little produce little waste
greatest greatest produce greatest waste

Common collocations

energy produce energy waste energy
power produce power waste power
someone produce someone waste someone
amount produce amount waste amount
Other words: resources, time, electricity, magic, items, lots, soldiers, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

  • Their benefits are great: they produce more energy with less fuel and produce less dangerous waste.
    Source: Vaporware
  • Even if the process took more energy to produce than it made, you could still use it to get rid of hazardous waste, making toxic waste dumps a thing of the past.
  • Moreover, in second edition, dual-classing was often considered a waste of time, but could eventually produce a mage/fighter with virtually none of the weaknesses of the individual class.
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