wastepaper
noun
waste·pa·per
ˈwās(t)-ˈpā-pər 
: paper discarded as used, superfluous, or not fit for use
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In the middle of his presentation, the young trainee, without pausing the video, discreetly crouched behind his podium to throw up into a wastepaper bin he’d presumably positioned there for this very reason.
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Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The trash bundle is the latest tit-for-tat between the two Koreas, which have been engaging in Cold War-style tactics since earlier this year, with the North having flown thousands of balloons toward the South, filled with wastepaper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts and even manure.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
Frank used to play wastepaper basketball while Homelander watched from the nearby oven, in constant agony while Frank tested his skin’s resistance to burning.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 June 2024
If boho designs are more to your liking, a fuschia ikat wooden wastepaper basket will provide just the right punch of color and pattern under a desk ($116, Laylagrace.com).
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The trash bundle is the latest tit-for-tat between the two Koreas, which have been engaging in Cold War-style tactics since earlier this year, with the North having flown thousands of balloons toward the South, filled with wastepaper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts and even manure.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
Frank used to play wastepaper basketball while Homelander watched from the nearby oven, in constant agony while Frank tested his skin’s resistance to burning.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 June 2024
If boho designs are more to your liking, a fuschia ikat wooden wastepaper basket will provide just the right punch of color and pattern under a desk ($116, Laylagrace.com).
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Wastepaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastepaper. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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wastepaper
noun
waste·pa·per
ˈwās(t)-ˈpā-pər
: paper thrown away as used, not needed, or not fit for use
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