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throwaway
[ throh-uh-wey ]
adjective
- made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination:
a throwaway container;
a throwaway brochure.
- delivered or expressed casually or extemporaneously:
a funny throwaway line that brings applause.
noun
- something that is made or intended to be discarded.
- a handbill, advertising circular, pamphlet, etc., intended to be discarded after reading.
- Also called pushout. Informal: Disparaging and Offensive. a youth who is unwanted or rejected by their family, the school system, or society in general.
throwaway
/ ˈθrəʊəˌweɪ /
adjective
- said or done incidentally, esp for rhetorical effect; casual
a throwaway remark
- anything designed to be discarded after use rather than reused, refilled, etc; disposable
- ( as modifier )
a throwaway carton
noun
- a handbill or advertisement distributed in a public place
verb
- to get rid of; discard
- to fail to make good use of; waste
to throw away all one's money on horses
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Example Sentences
Life is a series of seemingly throwaway moments strung together in a peculiar tapestry, and Linklater has captured it beautifully.
The Getaway Car is lousy with these throwaway lines and asides.
Even the Vatican weighed in, condemning the case as proof of our “throwaway culture.”
What a throwaway, half-assed response devoid of any sort of research.
Yes, there are the usual references to color-changing T-shirts and Jurassic Park, but it feels more warranted than throwaway here.
The latest message was from a throwaway email address from one of the new Brazilian anonymizers.
The mainland lay not more than a short stone's throwaway, but between it and the island the water ran as swift as a mill race.
But in the straight on the run home when all were in close order the dark horse Throwaway drew level, reached, outstripped her.
And instead of throwaway dishes they used chinaware that could have come right out of a museum.
He had a few bob on Throwaway and he's gone to gather in the shekels.
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