Antonyms for utilize
ˈyut lˌaɪzuti·lize

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1. utilize

   Antonyms:
   dissipate, waste, squander, sacrifice, lose

   Synonyms:
   localize, economize, husband

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1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

   put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, go for, apply, habituate

2. utilizeverb

   convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

   Synonyms:
   apply, use, employ, utilise

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1. utilizeverb

   Synonyms:
   use, employ, exploit

How to use utilize in a sentence?

1. Global Times:

   As long as China can effectively utilize its successful policies and experiences accumulated since the reform and opening up, and avoid subversive mistakes, the country will see robust momentum for development.

2. James Anthony Kenny:

   Time passes in a linear trajectory, utilize your path along it wisely.

3. Cris Dush:

   The power to issue a subpoena isn't unlimited, and we must ensure sound legal footing before we proceed down that path. In addition, we must be ready, willing and able to actually review and utilize meaningfully any information that we receive in response to our subpoenas.

4. Marta Call:

   We cannot utilize poison to control the populations based on wildlife protections, we have to look at other means of controlling the prairie dogs and keeping them out of the cemetery, because we truly are sympathetic to the issue at hand.

5. Norfolk Southern spokesman Connor Spielmaker:

   How we're going to utilize them is still being planned out.

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