Scale and Waste

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Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Waste and scale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

Waste noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: a legendary mariner doomed to sail the watery wastes of the world until Judgment Day

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Scale and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Waste".

human	human scale	human waste
good	good scale	good waste
long	long scale	long waste
real	real scale	real waste
Other adjectives: massive, big, enormous, huge, global, bigger, industrial.

However, they are capable of laying waste on a scale the other bending disciplines are incapable of.

Source: Glass Cannon
Although the implied scale of nuclear power use on Earth (from the huge quantity of high-level waste shipped all the way to the Moon for long-term storage) is rather far-fetched.

Source: Science Marches On
EVERYBODY hates the spoiled rich kid at the Jidoor auction house for making you waste time with him making his father buy him useless items like a scale model ship or a robot imp.

Source: The Scrappy / Final Fantasy

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