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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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

By the time Warners dumped it into theaters, however, too many bad feelings had accumulated between the executives and Ferrara for anyone to have much incentive to make the picture a success.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Just 10 days later, Hurricane Ivan dumped more rain in an unprecedented double whammy for the mountainous region far from the coast.

— Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 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 Buffaloes ditched chasing transfers who were former four- and five-star high school athletes from blue-blood programs who had yet to be consistent contributors at the college level.

— Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Understatement rather than flash, over-the-top ditched in favor of restraint.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of ditched

Verb

Three shooters unloaded 18 rounds at the black Escalade in which Robinson rode with his cousin and the intended target — Tyquian Bowman, a rapper known as Quando Rondo.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, keeping firearms securely locked and unloaded away from kids and unauthorized individuals is a fundamental part of responsible gun ownership.

— Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of unloaded

Verb

The clients scrapped a more architecturally ambitious scheme by Norman Foster in the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
But a spokesperson from the Broward County Public Library system confirmed that Harrison’s event has been scrapped.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

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