thrown-away
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3.4
- adjective
- /θroʊn əˈweɪ/
:
desechado
- But look, there is a ton of tech that gets thrown away all the time, right?
I want to get to heaven exhausted because millions of people around the world are starving, abused, beaten, neglected, thrown away.
- I want to get to heaven exhausted because millions of people around the world are starving, abused, beaten, neglected, thrown away.
Examples
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Things that others had thrown away.
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Cells thrown away as waste dissolve into either soil and water or air directly, causing pollution.
Academic text (2010) -
But this is only going to be thrown away now anyway.
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The old man wanted everything thrown away.
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Everything got thrown away when the place closed.
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Nobody likes being used and then thrown away.
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I spent years as a cook, and any leftover food was thrown away and wasted.
Blog text (26) -
There's a lot of overstock, a lot of product gets thrown away and it's just because it's more expensive for them to keep it.
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My favorite factoid: 80% of the things that are thrown away are recyclable.
Blog text (17) -
Many items, like plastic bags and fast food containers, are often thrown away after a single use.
Synonyms
No longer wanted and thrown away
Not wanted and often given away
People do not want or use it anymore and often leave it behind
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Thrown-away comes from the two simple parts throw ('to send something away by hand') and away ('to a place not here'), which gives the picture of an object being tossed out. So, a thrown-away thing is one that has been discarded or rejected because it is unwanted.