Sense
Sense noun - An indefinite physical response to a stimulus.
Waste
Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
How words are described
| human | human sense | human waste |
| good | good sense | good waste |
| complete | complete sense | complete waste |
| total | total sense | total waste |
| Other adjectives: real, little, terrible, absolute, biological. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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While it makes sense for diamonds to be dirt cheap in the future, it does not make sense for them to be a waste product.
Source: Series / Phil of the Future - Obelix's reaction is that of "What a waste of life", but in the sense that every dead Roman means one less Roman he can't hit later.
- Thus it makes sense when as the series progresses he's laying waste to hordes of Jaffa all by himself.
Cite this Source
Waste and Sense. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sense/waste
Sense & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/sense/waste>.
Waste or Sense. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sense/waste.
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