throwaway
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Definition of throwaway
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throw away
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Synonyms for throwaway
Synonyms: Verb
cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw out, toss, unload
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Examples of throwaway in a Sentence
Verb
I should throw away that torn shirt. if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never useRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The only lyric giving specific detail into her personal life is the reference to 16th Avenue, likely referring to Nashville’s Music Row, which is more than a throwaway line. — Marcus Jones, EW.com, "A track-by-track breakdown of Taylor Swift's new album Lover," 23 Aug. 2019 Hardware vendors sometimes treat a gaming laptop's trackpad as a throwaway item, making the faulty assumption that its target audience will always lug a high-DPI mouse around, so why bother? — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Guidemaster: Navigating the hazy world of gaming laptops in 2019," 19 Aug. 2019 Tarantino is still practicing a cinema of saturation, demanding the audience’s total attention and bombarding us with allusions, visual jokes, flights of profane eloquence, daubs of throwaway beauty and gobs of premeditated gore. — New York Times, "‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Review: We Lost It at the Movies," 24 July 2019 Don't think that this is just some throwaway idea that was tacked on to make the latest edition a little less samey - there is a reasonable amount to do with 'Volta Football'. — SI.com, "FIFA 20: New Game to Include Exciting 'Volta Football' Mo Reminiscent of FIFA Street," 8 June 2019 But thanks to a throwaway line in the post-credits scene, some fans are theorizing that Hopper may have somehow survived the explosion in the underground Russian lab. — Megan Mccluskey, Time, "Let's Discuss the Stranger Things Season 3 Theories About This Beloved Character's Fate," 9 July 2019 Even subtle throwaway thoughts from Stranger Things stars like Brown have given us pause in declaring Hopper dead. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "All the theories on who's in that bunker at the end of Stranger Things season 3," 6 July 2019 That line is tinged with a whole lot of emotion for a throwaway line. — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, "Spider-Man: Far From Home," 5 July 2019 But Raven’s dialogue ends with a throwaway line that completely neuters her argument. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, "Why Are Blockbuster Movies About Women Such Clichés?," 8 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Coach Brian Flores is fighting the widespread idea that this is a throwaway year. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "In Washington and Miami, Who Will Be the Starting Quarterbacks?," 15 Aug. 2019 The stuff of radio-wallpaper has been repurposed here, but it’s never performed as karaoke throwaways. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Offers a Party, and a Playlist, for the Ages," 25 July 2019 In Saint Laurent Why Meryl Streep Has Fake Teeth In Big Little Lies That last line sounds like a throwaway line about yet another Big Little Lies woman rebelling against a dissatisfying husband. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Here's Why Madeline Should Be Worried After That Big Little Lies Season 2 Premiere," 10 June 2019 Yes, those who love comics will thrill to the throwaway gags. — Peter Rubin, WIRED, "Amazon's The Boys Tests the Limits of Superhero Fatigue," 26 July 2019 Hogan’s six-play set was disjointed: Incompletion under pressure (DT Zach Kerr pushed back RG Don Barclay), screen pass, drop by Dunbar, rushing, throwaway and incompletion. — Ryan O'halloran, The Denver Post, "Broncos training camp rewind, Day 3: Four interceptions by defense," 20 July 2019 Heck, even the beef and kimchi gyoza are sharp, a compelling take on a dish that’s usually a throwaway, even when it isn’t frozen. — Dominic Armato, azcentral, "The best restaurants in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley," 1 July 2019 Oddly, season 11’s weirdest queen, finds thrift store throwaways and household items to create her unique brand of avant-garde drag on a broke queen budget. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "Yvie Oddly, Nina West, more Drag Race stars getting new reality shows," 27 June 2019 This throwaway line suggests that one makes a choice to be an addict, yet among the myriad reasons that lead any individual to first ingest a psychoactive substance, becoming an addict is not one. — Marcia Angell, The New York Review of Books, "Painful Choices," 4 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'throwaway.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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