JUNKED Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in discarded

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verb

past tense of junk

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we'll have to junk this old car

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Recent Examples of junked

Adjective

And indeed the grounds are littered with junked classics from the 1950s and '60s. — Priyanka Mattoo, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Plots littered with junked trunks, empty skid tanks, the rib cages of hoop houses picked clean. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 The lot was filled with junked cars, equipment and garbage, the report shows. — Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026

Verb

Kansas Citians used sandbags, broken concrete, mounds of dirt and rocks from local quarries, and junked cars to shore up the levees protecting Municipal Airport and North Kansas City. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Note that this result doesn’t necessarily mean that the fraud detection should be junked. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 So Squeri junked the scoreboard. — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 11 May 2026 Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

In another development, researchers in the US developed a new method that could turn discarded data center hardware into a reliable, eco-friendly source of rare earths and valuable metals.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025

Definition of discarded

Verb

The storm dumped more than a foot of rain over parts of the state, with the highest elevations getting more than 40 inches.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The only other crime series out recently on Netflix are true-crime offerings, where a few of those are dumped out every week.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumped

Adjective

Investors and analysts are increasingly looking to other parts of the market, both to find neglected sources of value and to start assuming a defensive posture against a possible downturn.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Changing their environment is more reliable and more neglected.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of neglected

Verb

The suspect ditched his bike in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, northeast of where Interstates 105 and 110 intersect, and ran off.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The hit-and-run driver then ditched the BMW and appears to have gotten into another car to escape.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditched

Verb

Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
The broader Aston Martin company unloaded a sliver of the team at a $3 billion-plus valuation about a year ago as well.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of unloaded

Verb

The race was supposed to be held every year for the next 10 years, but the 2003 event was scrapped after organizers failed to fix the noise problems and ran into other operational issues.

— Stefan Becket, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
The move meant performances from Don Toliver, Tems, Sombr, and Clairo were scrapped, but new additions to the lineup included Kali Uchis, Blood Orange, Geese, and Fakemink.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

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