Recruit and Waste

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Recruit

Recruit verb - To provide with a paying job.
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Waste is an antonym for recruit in gather resources topic.
Nearby Words: recruitment, recruiting, recruited, recruiter

Waste

Waste verb - To diminish the physical strength of.
Usage example: endless months of inactivity wasted him
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Antonyms for Waste
Recruit is an antonym for waste.
Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness
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How words are described

human human recruit human waste
good good recruit good waste
complete complete recruit complete waste
green green recruit green waste
Other adjectives: stupid, real, little.

Common collocations

character recruit character waste character
men recruit men waste men
someone recruit someone waste someone
army recruit army waste army
Other words: time, characters, troops, boss, soldiers.

Both words in one sentence

  • However, both are actually quite plausible; in real life, law enforcement agencies do tend to recruit criminal hackers, even if they've previously attacked said agency, due to the fact its more practical to put them to good use then lock them up and waste their skills.
    Source: Reality Is Unrealistic / Live-Action TV
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