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View definitions for thrown away

thrown away

adjective as in cast-off

adjective as in misspent

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Recalled products should be returned or thrown away, health officials say, and residents should also clean any refrigerator, surfaces or containers that may have come into contact with them.

Officials say that impacted products are likely no longer in store but may still be in homes, and should be thrown away or returned to stores for a refund if so.

From BBC

It is the latest stage of his Coronation Food Project, designed to make better use of food that would otherwise be thrown away.

From BBC

Many places tend to order too much food, which often ends up getting thrown away or going bad.

From Salon

“But here I was, even looking at the things that we’d thrown away, all of the rushes, and picturing what the edit could look like. You’re piecing together these tiny little squares, these little moments that are going to amount to so much onscreen in the end.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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