Save and Waste

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Save verb – To avoid unnecessary waste or expense.

Usage example: we'll have to scrimp and save to be able to afford college

Waste is an antonym for save in topics: keep, guard, rescue, economize.

Nearby Words: saving, saved, saver

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Waste verb – To use up carelessly.

Usage example: he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers

Save is an antonym for waste in topics: ruin, dwindle.

Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness

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life	save life	waste life
rest	save rest	waste rest
time	save time	waste time
characters	save characters	waste characters
Other nouns: space, world, money, planet, lives.

In an episode of Smallville, Brainiac claims that humans are worthless and trying to save them is a waste of time.

Source: Humans Are The Real Monsters / Live-Action TV
It might be in order to save the world, save the town or just waste time.

Source: Baseball Episode
Also, the AI tends to waste its police summons on mooks rather than save them for bosses.

Source: Video Game / Streets of Rage

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Waste and Save. (2016). Retrieved 2021, March 06, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/waste

Save & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 06 Mar. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/waste>.

Waste or Save. 2016. Accessed March 06, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/waste.

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