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throwaway
adjective as in informal
adjective as in makeshift
Strong matches
adjective as in offhand
adjective as in stopgap
noun as in advertisement
noun as in aside
Weak match
noun as in circular
noun as in magazine
noun as in pamphlet
Example Sentences
In short, it is no accident that his albums tend to be largely free of filler or throwaway tracks.
An archive of throwaways gets new life when presented as a natural history composed of cultural artifacts.
From a throwaway punchline in that 1996 film — exiling Saxon’s William Donloe to a remote radar station in Alaska — comes one of the most unexpected storylines in the new “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”
“Sometimes, people just didn't have enough money to buy a good cut of meat. So these throwaways were all offal that you were able to get for pennies and then feed your family.”
Then again, maybe that’s a popcorn kernel for critics and other nerds, like another episode’s throwaway line from a former journalist who says she got blackballed for sucker-punching Rex Reed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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