dumping ground

noun

: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent

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Runoff from roads, factories, and dumping grounds can also pollute water sources used for crops. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 By the sixth century C.E., the site was mainly used as a dumping ground. Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025 In fact, the very places that long supplied rubber, cotton, metal, and other goods to imperial viceroys now serve as dumping grounds for the modern descendants of some of those same powers. Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025 As a result, the need for dumping grounds increased again. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dumping ground

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dumping ground was in 1857

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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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