Throwaway Definition

thrōə-wā
throwaways
noun
throwaways
Anything designed or intended to be discarded after use; specif., a leaflet or handbill.
Webster's New World
A remark made or delivered casually.
Webster's New World
A child or teenager who has been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians and lives on the streets.
American Heritage
Something done thoughtlessly or carelessly.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Designed to be discarded after use.
A throwaway bottle.
Webster's New World
Readily discarding things.
A throwaway society.
American Heritage
Delivered in a deliberately offhand manner, as a line of dialogue in a play.
Webster's New World
Offhand; casual.
Webster's New World
Having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians.
Throwaway children living on the streets.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Throwaway

Noun

Singular:
throwaway
Plural:
throwaways

Origin of Throwaway

Throwaway Sentence Examples

  • They are not throwaway items that will clutter up landfill sites for generations.

  • Or your old drill, mobile phone or any other electrical product broken or deemed surplus to requirements in our increasingly throwaway society?

  • It is a measure of the abiding affection for this apparently throwaway pop group that they are still well remembered nine years on.

  • The images also seem throwaway, with little attention paid to the traditional qualities of the medium.

  • In the course of oral argument Lord Hoffmann suggested it had been a " throwaway remark ".

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