throwaway

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The definition a throwaway is a flyer, something disposable or used for a short period of time.

(noun)

  1. An example of a throwaway is a grocery store advertisement in the newspaper.
  2. An example of a throwaway is a paper plate.

Throwaway is defined as something disposable or offhanded.

(adjective)

  1. An example of throwaway is the plastic bag cereal is packaged in; throwaway packaging.
  2. An example of throwaway is a man telling his female coworker she has nice legs; a throwaway compliment.

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See throwaway in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

See throwaway in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. throw·a·ways
  1. Something designed or likely to be discarded after use, as a free handbill distributed on the street.
  2. A child or teenager who has been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians and lives on the streets.
adjective
  1. a. Designed or intended to be discarded after use: throwaway packaging.
    b. Readily discarding things: a throwaway society.
    c. Having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians: throwaway children living on the streets.
  2. Written or delivered in a low-key or offhand manner: “a sentence fragment or quirky throwaway metaphor” (Joyce Carol Oates).

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