Definition of rubbish
1 : useless waste or rejected matter : trash
2 : something that is worthless or nonsensical few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much rubbish survives — William Bridges-Adams
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Examples of rubbish in a Sentence
Please, pick the rubbish up off the ground.
I think what he says is absolute rubbish!
“I'm sorry, but I had to do it.” “Rubbish!”
The food at that restaurant is complete rubbish.
Recent Examples of rubbish from the Web
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Cathedrals crash to rubbish, but my towers, Carved in the whirling and enduring brain, Fade, and persist, and rise again, like flowers.
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While chronic poverty, mass emigration, and the straitjacket of the Catholic church have been flung onto the rubbish heap of history, new problems have followed.
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Origin and Etymology of rubbish
Middle English robous
First Known Use: 15th century
RUBBISH Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of rubbish for English Language Learners
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: things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out
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: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue
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: something that is worthless, unimportant, or of poor quality
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