Productive
Productive adjective - Having a role in deciding something's final form.
Waste is an antonym for productive.
Waste
Waste adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.
Usage example: waste acreage that was not fit for anything
Productive is an antonym for waste.
Both words in one sentence
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A subversion of the Even Evil Has Standards trope, when a villain refuses to do something horrible not because it is too evil and/or abhorrent, but rather because it's not in their interests to do so; it's a waste of limited resources, and may even be counter-productive.
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