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as in garbage
discarded or useless material
the foundry's offscouring was the neighborhood's eyesore
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as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society
the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law
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Recent Examples of offscouring
The first-century audience to whom Jesus was teaching was comprised mainly of peasants, tradesmen, farmers, shepherds, the unemployed and the offscouring of society.
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Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 8 Apr. 2018
Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 8 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offscouring
Noun
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Lehkonen is a crease-crasher, a garbage collector and a pest, a greasy goal waiting to happen.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Wash them regularly to remove sugary or syrupy residues from garbage such as soda or fruit juices, which attract foraging bees.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, the collection seemed to be a paean to rejects.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Drone debris also fell on a roof of a residential building in the city of Samara, wounding a number of people, Fedorishchev said.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Do not burn debris or other items during an air quality alert.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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And Clarkson, too, has been in and out of the rotation, a mainstay during the Knicks’ ride to the NBA Cup, an outcast when the Knicks dropped nine out of 11 games to start the 2026 calendar year, then a reinsertion into the rotation during the latter stretch of the regular season.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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But his position as a social outcast qualifies him to enter this milieu as a spiritual equal.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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Colorado emergency responders closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 76 on Friday morning after a fatal crash the Colorado State Patrol said involved a trash truck and a pedestrian.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Another 10 gathered on plastic trash and one was on an unused steam table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Twenty to thirty minutes gets you to Plaka for the Spinalonga boats (the former leper colony that's become weirdly Instagram-famous), or head inland to the Lasithi villages which is famous for pottery.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Apr. 2026
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Having the virus was like being a leper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The dust will take about three weeks to settle.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Scientists identified plant traces by sequencing microscopic DNA fragments found in dust and fibers collected from the Shroud, rather than discovering visible food remains.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mulhouse Public Prosecutor Nicolas Heitz speaks to the press after a boy was discovered naked and malnourished on a pile of rubbish in a van where he had been kept locked up, in Hagenbach, eastern France, on April 10, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Stony rubbish, dead trees, the odd corpse in the garden—nothing that couldn’t be absorbed back into the earth.—
Caroline Fraser,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Offscouring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offscouring. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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