Trace
Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.
Waste
Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
How words are described
| complete | complete trace | complete waste |
| real | real trace | real waste |
| huge | huge trace | huge waste |
| little | little trace | little waste |
Common collocations
| point | trace point | waste point |
Both words in one sentence
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He does possess some nifty technology at least, such as a waste disposal unit that creates miniature black holes and in his first appearance was able to make a battle fleet disappear without a trace.
Source: Sufficiently Advanced Alien -
Although trees don't poop, the valuable heartwood at the center of a tree gets its strength, and often its beauty, from the waste products and unneeded trace substances that accumulate there.
Source: Solid Gold Poop - 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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Waste and Trace. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/trace/waste
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Waste or Trace. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/trace/waste.
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