throwaway
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throwaway
Where it comes from
Deverbal from throw away.
adjective
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Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.
Similar: single-use, disposable
- Extemporaneous; off the cuff. The host made a throwaway remark about the president that was later repeated on the television news.
- Given in a casual manner, either deliberately or unconsciously, with apparent disregard for effect. As the film opens, a martial-drum-dominated version of the "Star Wars" theme and the inevitable bottom-to-top print crawl inform us that the Clone Wars, a conflict that originated as a throwaway line in the original 1977 film... https://web.archive.org/web/20150911134648/http://www.nysun.com/arts/st
noun throwaways
- Any printed material that need not be kept after being read; especially, a flyer or brochure. Some [of the essays] appeared originally in writer's^([sic]) forums and bookstore throwaways, others in more academic contexts […]
- A burner account.
- Ellipsis of throwaway panel Cartoonists include panels that can be eliminated without losing any of the story or humor, but Schulz would often draw creative title panels and throwaways as a nod to those newspapers that kept his strip as he envisioned.
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title = {throwaway},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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