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
William Bridges-AdamsExamples 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.
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Biblically speaking, this is all rubbish.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
When firefighters arrived at the scene, multiple cars and piles of rubbish were on fire.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Biblically speaking, this is all rubbish.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
When firefighters arrived at the scene, multiple cars and piles of rubbish were on fire.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rubbish
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“Rubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubbish. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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