Throwaway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something designed or likely to be discarded after use, as a free handbill distributed on the street.
  • n. A child or teenager who has been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians and lives on the streets.
  • adj. Designed or intended to be discarded after use: throwaway packaging.
  • adj. Readily discarding things: a throwaway society.
  • adj. Having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians: throwaway children living on the streets.
  • adj. Written or delivered in a low-key or offhand manner: "a sentence fragment or quirky throwaway metaphor” ( Joyce Carol Oates).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
  • adj. Extemporaneous; off the cuff.
  • adj. Being intended for single use.
  • adj. Selected or used without care or attention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to discard.
  • v. to waste or squander.
  • adj. designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
  • adj. spoken with deliberate underemphasis.
  • n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
  • n. words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get rid of
  • v. throw or cast away
  • n. words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
  • n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
  • adj. intended to be thrown away after use
  • n. (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
  • adj. thrown away
  • Equivalent
    disposable    unwanted   
    Verb Form
    throwaways   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discard    disposable    circular    handbill    Bill    broadside    broadsheet    flier    flyer    single-use   
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