garbage
246
1.6
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ/
- Informal
:
basura
- What have we told you about listening to that garbage?
- say garbage
They're still, they're still buying the same garbage from Wall Street.
- They're still, they're still buying the same garbage from Wall Street.
- Instagram looks like garbage and has black bars on the side.
- Well, we love that garbage TV back in in the States.
- CDOs, like everything else do suffer from the garbage in, garbage out problem.
- I'm going to start calling it out more garbage lies bad.
- That's a propaganda garbage like pill that we feed kids.
Examples
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Computer programmers are fond of the saying: "Garbage in, garbage out."
Academic text (2010) -
And today we're talking about real money, not this garbage, not this fake paper stuff.
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Just like in real computer programs, "garbage in, means garbage out."
Academic text (1990) -
Even a good data management system will generate garbage if garbage is input.
Academic text (1998) -
It's unbelievable, the garbage that people send me on Instagram.
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If most of the supplements are garbage, then we eat healthy.
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And you're right, it is garbage.
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But I'm here to tell you that's garbage talk.
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The old adage holds true, he said: garbage in, garbage out.
Academic text (2009) -
I refuse to waste my time reading such garbage that has no real value.
Synonyms
∞
9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
∞
8.5
Words that are false or useless
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
102
3.1
Words or writing that have no value
49
2.5
Talk or writing that is not true and not useful
45
7.2
Speech or writing that does not make sense
36
3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
36
7.7
Silly talk that has no meaning
34
8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
16
3.5
Unimportant words in writing or speech
14
1.7
A thing that is useless and not worth keeping
11
4.7
Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality
7
9.7
Simple words and ideas that lack real meaning
7
8.4
Useless or unimportant things that distract from what matters
3
9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
1
9.9
A thing that is of very poor quality and not worth the money
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Ideas or statements that are mostly nonsense and have little worth
Something that contains a lot of nonsense and useless information
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
Antonyms
Compounds
18
2.7
A device under a kitchen sink that grinds food waste so it goes down the drain
- Specialized
1
3.8
An automatic process that frees memory no longer used by a program
How Worthless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garbage is used for worthless messages or information because people compare useless text to 'waste' that belongs in the bin. That's why calling a message 'garbage' means it has no value.