dumping ground

noun

: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent

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The official synopsis for Slow Horses reads: This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 Factories throughout the 19th and 20th centuries used the creek as a sewer and dumping ground. Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025 The 83,000 square-foot building is set to welcome 950 middle- and high school students on the first day of classes, Aug. 25, transforming a dumping ground into a campus bursting with new life in the geographic heart of Boston. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 Plans for a dumping ground in Nevada's Yucca Mountain have yet to become a reality. PC Magazine, 30 July 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 10 Oct. 2025.

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