throwaway
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.
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.
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How to use throwaway in a sentence
This could be a throwaway prop or it may be nodding at Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which gave Disney the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters.
Every Single Detail of the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer, Explained | Eliana Dockterman | August 24, 2021 | TimeWhile the company has partnered with numerous small business micro-influencers, this isn’t a throwaway campaign — it even features baseball player Alex Rodriguez.
Traffic and rankings don’t mean a thing unless they help you convert; Tuesday’s daily brief | George Nguyen | August 17, 2021 | Search Engine LandA disposable milk bottle that can automatically sense when its contents is spoiling is clearly out of reach, as is a throwaway wound dressing that can monitor moisture levels to ensure proper healing.
Arm’s New Flexible Plastic Chip Could Enable an ‘Internet of Everything’ | Edd Gent | July 26, 2021 | Singularity HubThe habit of using disposable items on a regular basis primarily came out of the 1950s when “throwaway living” was advertised as a more convenient alternative than completing household chores like washing dishes.
These businesses are saving thousands by replacing single-use plastic | Clarisa Diaz | July 21, 2021 | QuartzMoviegoers were so familiar with the position of the town that it was a throwaway line in the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story.
How One Small Maryland Town Became the Marriage Capital of the East Coast in the Early 20th Century | Melissa August | February 11, 2021 | Time
Life is a series of seemingly throwaway moments strung together in a peculiar tapestry, and Linklater has captured it beautifully.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Getaway Car is lousy with these throwaway lines and asides.
Donald E. Westlake, The Man With The Getaway Face | Malcolm Jones | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven 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.
Macklemore, the Grammy Winning Rapper, Is a 9/11 Truther Who Likes to Play Anti-Semitic Dress-Up | Emily Shire, Marlow Stern | May 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, there are the usual references to color-changing T-shirts and Jurassic Park, but it feels more warranted than throwaway here.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows | Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe latest message was from a throwaway email address from one of the new Brazilian anonymizers.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThe 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.
The Gaunt Gray Wolf | Dillon WallaceBut in the straight on the run home when all were in close order the dark horse throwaway drew level, reached, outstripped her.
Ulysses | James JoyceAnd instead of throwaway dishes they used chinaware that could have come right out of a museum.
The House from Nowhere | Arthur G. StanglandHe had a few bob on throwaway and he's gone to gather in the shekels.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for throwaway
/ (ˈθrəʊəˌweɪ) /
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
mainly US and Canadian a handbill or advertisement distributed in a public place
to get rid of; discard
to fail to make good use of; waste: to throw away all one's money on horses
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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