Restraint
Restraint noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
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
How words are described
| human | human restraint | human waste |
| good | good restraint | good waste |
| little | little restraint | little waste |
| unnecessary | unnecessary restraint | unnecessary waste |
| Other adjectives: military, tremendous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Saren may have been a racist bastard without a trace of scruples or restraint even before he became the pawn of an Eldritch Abomination, but even he finds a batarian who was planning to beat a prostitute to be a repulsive waste of oxygen.
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