: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent
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Overwhelming Customers With Clutter Over-incentivizing erodes value when loyalty programs become dumping grounds for content, training and filler that feel generic and hard to navigate.—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure shared by six states and the District of Columbia, and it has been treated like a dumping ground for too long.—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 Sharma advises using décor strategically to visually signal that a space is not a dumping ground (e.g., placing a plant or flowers on the center island to deter clutter).—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026 The site in Apollo was a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste.—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dumping ground