rubbish
49
2.5
- noun
- /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
- UK
:
tonterías
- And again, complete rubbish, completely unstable, OK.
- such rubbish
you must create what is needed, not create some rubbish and push it on them.
- you must create what is needed, not create some rubbish and push it on them.
- They said it absolute rubbish, should never have been allowed to say it.
- But that's why I'm not embarrassed about saying calorie counting is rubbish for most people.
- And this is, I think, complete rubbish.
- And I'm going to tell you that that is complete rubbish.
- The physiological evidence that points to murder is rubbish.
- Oh, I'm not sure that's a weakness is because I fall for so much rubbish.
- It's for see load of rubbish or liars, man, you know.
Examples
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Stop talking so much rubbish.
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There you go again, talking rubbish.
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"Well, it's all a lot of rubbish if you ask me.
Fiction book (1995) -
Absolute rubbish from start to finish.
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Fame was a pile of rubbish she could live without.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a democracy, you can "vote the rubbish out" if you don't like what they are doing.
Blog text (4) -
The Sunday Times writes pretentious rubbish about my art.
Fiction book (1996) -
No offense, my friend, but that's complete rubbish.
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We grow up, we get a job, we die, you know, we earn the greatest over, we retire, we do all this rubbish and that's it.
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He dismissed the proposal as rubbish, claiming it had no merit whatsoever.
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
246
1.6
Useless or silly information, for example in unwanted emails
102
3.1
Words or writing that have no value
16
3.5
Unimportant words in writing or speech
13
7.5
Words that are silly or useless
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
3
9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
3
9.9
Silly talk that wastes time
3
9.9
A silly idea or story that is not true
3
9.9
Silly or untrue talk that has no real meaning
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
Worthless or silly talk that has no useful ideas
1
9.9
Talk that has no useful information
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
Something that contains a lot of nonsense and useless information
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Unclear or silly talk without any real meaning
Antonyms
Compounds
How Worthless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rubbish used to mean broken or unwanted things, like rubble, so people began to use it for ideas that are 'worthless' or not true. That's why calling something rubbish means you think it is nonsense.