junk
373
1.1
- noun
- /dʒʌŋk/
:
trasto
- This thing's a piece of junk.
- a piece of junk
- a pile of junk
- discarded as junk
So I'm not for parking junk cars in the Constitution.
- So I'm not for parking junk cars in the Constitution.
- They encourage us to stockpile our junk as if it's essential.
- That which is essential for them might be junk for me and vice versa.
- But otherwise, it's going into the junk drawer and staying there.
- His dissertation is how do you capture space junk and dispose of it safely?
- And I saw rafters with a pile of junk lumber on top of the rafters.
- I'm smoking, I'm eating this, this junk crap over here.
- I get so much junk snail mail, it's ridiculous.
- Shit meaning like junky junk and just too much stuff.
- made in China is not just automatically junk, It can be junk.
Examples
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I get so much junk snail mail, it's ridiculous.
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But otherwise, it's going into the junk drawer and staying there.
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I am getting so much junk mail to my house as well, everything.
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"What do you want with that old piece of junk?" He got back in the car.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's just a pile of junk, really, but it means a lot to me.
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So we have a little junk drawer here of random stuff.
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No fillers, no junk, just real food for dogs.
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Doug was rummaging through the junk drawer in the kitchen, looking for something.
Fiction book (1991) -
She'd made scrambled eggs, a welcome change from the junk food she ate in prodigious amounts.
Fiction book (1991) -
After clearing out the garage, I found a lot of junk that I needed to throw away.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Things a person owns or carries
536
1.0
Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging
302
4.1
Scattered broken pieces left after something is destroyed
296
1.0
Unwanted food and other waste from a home or kitchen that you throw away
36
3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
34
8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
22
1.0
Things people throw away because they are not wanted
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
9
8.2
Loose bits of waste and broken things left after damage or natural events
9
2.8
Small leftover things that you keep, like old keys or bits of paper
4
8.8
A thing that is broken and useless
3
3.9
An item that someone has thrown away because they no longer want it
3
4.2
A messy pile of old broken things people throw away
2
2.7
A messy heap of old things that people throw away
2
2.6
Things like old or broken items that are thrown away
1
4.1
A thing meant to be used once and then put in the bin
1
8.7
Unwanted old things or junk that make a place messy
1
9.2
A worn-out thing like a car or bike that is not worth much
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping
Things people throw away because they are not useful
Old or unwanted things thrown away
An item that people throw away because they do not want it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
33
7.0
A risky loan to a company that pays high interest but may not pay it back
- Literature
7
7.4
False or weak claims presented as based on careful study to mislead people
- Specialized
4
6.3
Parts of DNA that do not make proteins and whose function is mostly unknown
- Slang
Small, cheap Christian items like statues or key rings that people think are in poor taste
- Literature
Short, shocking stories that entertain but do not give useful information
How Worthless
373
1.1
44
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the word junk is to think of worn ropes and scrap that sailors once threw away; over time people began to call all 'old, broken, or useless things' 'junk'.