Spare and Waste

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Spare

Spare verb - To avoid unnecessary waste or expense.
Usage example: she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing
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Waste is an antonym for spare in do or manage without topic.
Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Waste

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.
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Synonyms for Waste
Antonyms for Waste
Spare is an antonym for waste.
Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness
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Common collocations

effort spare effort waste effort
character spare character waste character
life spare life waste life
men spare men waste men
Other words: someone, rest, resources, moment, characters, space, world, troops, boss, planet, opponents, lives.

Both words in one sentence

  • Worth It She does this right after being warned not to waste bullets, as the vampires attacking the precinct had stolen all the spare ammo.
    Source: Worth It
  • The Great Politics Mess-Up The Mir itself continued to bear Soviet markings for the rest of its operational life, because repainting and remarking something so ultimately inconsequential would have been a waste of money for no real purpose, and the Russian Space Program had very little to spare as it is.
    Source: The Great Politics Mess-Up
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