piece of garbage
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1.7
- noun
- Informal
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- He felt like a piece of garbage after making such a big mistake.
- a little piece of garbage
- a fucking piece of garbage
The DSM, which is a piece of garbage now, but it's as it's a manual for all of the mental health issues and everything you have going on in your life.
- The DSM, which is a piece of garbage now, but it's as it's a manual for all of the mental health issues and everything you have going on in your life.
Examples
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The Hartford Courant poll released today is a piece of garbage, and I am surprised that they even published it.
Blog text (10) -
I'm not a piece of garbage you can smell a block away.
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How long can people keep taking this piece of garbage here that we print at will?
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For every decent one, there seem to be a thousand pieces of garbage, and it's difficult to tell one from the other.
Blog text (5) -
You can't throw me away like a piece of garbage, and then suddenly just want to be my dad eight years later.
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Like Evelyn said, he was left abandoned, just hours old when he was found, thrown out like a piece of garbage.
Fiction book (1995) -
He's a piece of garbage, an absolute piece of garbage on so many levels.
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The single is an auto-tuned and overproduced piece of garbage that has been lambasted by critics and fans alike.
Blog text (1) -
"I didn't ask for your opinion." "And our friend didn't ask to be talked down to like he was a piece of garbage," Sara shot back.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the party, they threw the leftover food away, treating it like a piece of garbage.
Synonyms
536
1.0
Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging
373
1.1
Old or broken things that are no longer useful
169
9.9
A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
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
20
9.9
Something that has no value or use
13
9.9
Something that is very bad and should be ignored
11
4.7
Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality
4
8.8
A thing that is broken and useless
3
9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
2
2.6
Things like old or broken items that are thrown away
1
9.9
A thing that is of very poor quality and not worth the money
1
4.3
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
Something of very little or no value
An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping
A poor-quality thing that does not work well
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
Old or unwanted things thrown away
Things people throw away because they are not useful
Antonyms
How Useful
676
1.1
- Informal
14
1.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an object regarded as worthless' is directly and transparently composed from 'piece' (a portion) + 'of' (linking) + 'garbage' (waste/junk), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the figurative sense. The 'piece of X' construction is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun + of + noun composition, making the MWE immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Piece of garbage comes from a simple image: a small piece taken from a heap of garbage, something people throw away because it is 'useless'. So calling something a piece of garbage means you are saying it is 'worthless' or very low quality.