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What (who) is throwaway - definition
throwaway
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Throwaway (disambiguation); Throw Away
¦ adjective
1. intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.
2. (of a remark) expressed in a casual or understated way.
throwaway
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Throwaway (disambiguation); Throw Away
1.
A throwaway product is intended to be used only for a short time, and then to be thrown away.
Now they are producing throwaway razors.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you say that someone makes a throwaway remark or gesture, you mean that they make it in a casual way, although it may be important, or have some serious or humorous effect.
...a throwaway remark she later regretted...
ADJ: ADJ n
throw away
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Throwaway (disambiguation); Throw Away
1.
Lose, spend in vain, waste.
2.
Relinquish, give up, cast off, throw by, throw or heave overboard, cast to the winds.
3.
Reject.
Examples of use of throwaway
1. Actually, these are throwaway lines, completely disconnected from reality.
2. All these units had been sold at throwaway prices.
3. Tomorrow‘s Budget will introduce landmark legislation to ban the throwaway plastic bag once and for all.
4. During these early years he developed his style: laid–back drollery, with surprise throwaway lines.
5. But his inattentive approach and botched planning are reflected all too savagely in these throwaway remarks.