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throwaway Definition

throw·away (t̸hrō′ə wā′)

noun

  1. a leaflet, handbill, etc. distributed as in the streets or from house to house
  2. anything designed or intended to be discarded after use
  3. a remark made or made as if casually
  4. something included only to fill a gap

adjective

  1. ☆ designed to be discarded after use a throwaway bottle
  2. delivered in a deliberately offhand manner, as a line of dialogue in a play
  3. offhand; casual
throwaway Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • gag: Nowadays, of course, the Comic Relief joke is to use the inclusion of a high profile celebrity as a throwaway gag.
  • remark: In the course of oral argument Lord Hoffmann suggested it had been a " throwaway remark " .
  • comment: IRC transcripts, with throwaway comments, are preserved forever.
  • pop: These five musicians from Sussex have created something of intelligence and worth that begs analysis, and not some throwaway pop.
  • society: Tomorrow's adults hold the key to turning around our throwaway society.
  • line: Lear's ' let me not be mad ' is no throwaway line.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: One answer from the company members was an almost throwaway 'not a lot ' .
  • seemingly: More spirtual numbers, a few seemingly throwaway numbers.
  • not: They are not throwaway items that will clutter up landfill sites for generations.
  • too: FAT aims high in what it does, but this particular installation is just a bit too throwaway, like film stars.
  • apparently: It is a measure of the abiding affection for this apparently throwaway pop group that they are still well remembered nine years on.
  • increasingly: Or your old drill, mobile phone or any other electrical product broken or deemed surplus to requirements in our increasingly throwaway society?

Used with adjective complement

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