throwaway

[ throh-uh-wey ]
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adjective
  1. made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination: a throwaway container;a throwaway brochure.

  2. delivered or expressed casually or extemporaneously: a funny throwaway line that brings applause.

noun
  1. something that is made or intended to be discarded.

  2. a handbill, advertising circular, pamphlet, etc., intended to be discarded after reading.

  1. Also called pushout. Informal: Disparaging and Offensive. a youth who is unwanted or rejected by their family, the school system, or society in general.

Origin of throwaway

1
First recorded in 1900–05; adjective, noun use of verb phrase throw away

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British Dictionary definitions for throwaway

throwaway

/ (ˈθrəʊəˌweɪ) /


adjective(prenominal)
  1. 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
  1. mainly US and Canadian a handbill or advertisement distributed in a public place

verbthrow away (tr, adverb)
  1. to get rid of; discard

  2. to fail to make good use of; waste: to throw away all one's money on horses

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Other Idioms and Phrases with throwaway

throwaway

Also, throw or toss out. Dispose of, discard, as in This coat is too good to throw away, or Did you throw out the rest of the milk? or She tossed out all his old letters. [First half of 1500s]

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