THROWN AWAY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

thrown away

verb

past participle of throw away

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted I should throw away that torn shirt

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as in spent

to use up carelessly if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use

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Recent Examples of thrown away These products dissolve and degrade, bind up or neutralize medications so they can safely be thrown away. — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Local chert could be collected near the cave, used for an immediate task, and thrown away. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Refillables use a reusable case, cost more upfront and cut down on packaging thrown away over time. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 If found, the eggs should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase for a refund. — Amber Brenza, HEALTH, 15 Sep. 2026 Still, Martin and other experts emphasized that old books are thrown away—and subsequently destroyed—all the time, even for non-academic reasons, by libraries that are simply culling their collections. — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026 The material is cleaned, then heat, pressure, and specialized molds transform what was thrown away into something somebody might actually want. — Brian Unger, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Employees beverages without lids were on prep tables; beverages were thrown away. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 The agency says the products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

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Separately, police said another woman was found dead on Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Eventually, the firms dumped the valuable slag into waste piles and wrote off the metals inside.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumped

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Cooks, who turns 33 on Friday, spent last season with New Orleans and Buffalo, making 24 catches for 279 yards in 15 games.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
In Kenya, this actuarial approach manifested as weeks spent in a Land Rover, counting herds of zebra with a handheld mechanical tally counter in my right hand and binoculars in my left.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of spent

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In June, The Times of London reported that private schools throughout the UK have lost 30,000 pupils since January 2025, and about 100 independent schools have closed entirely.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
According to a July 23 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), NASA lost a fifth of its civil servant workforce in the past year, with impacts to more than two dozen major projects.

— Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of lost

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Fecht wasted little time getting the aerial game going, using a play-action pass to Riley and finding Bell over the top for the easy TD to set the tone.

— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Boston also wasted a phenomenal effort from starter Brayan Bello, who matched a career high with 11 strikeouts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of wasted

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In 2016, Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, founded Food for Soul, a cultural project that empowers communities, and salvages and repurposes food that would otherwise be discarded.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Its two outer booster engines were discarded during flight, while the central sustainer continued operating and later helped the converted Atlas launch John Glenn into orbit.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of discarded

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Meanwhile, Pitt ditched his signature whimsical style for a classic black suit moment.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
The Boston Globe’s story about what happened when a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts ditched its mask mandate is worth the price of a subscription.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of ditched

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The Attorney General’s Office, which previously filed a motion to have the claim tossed, had opposed their release.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Unlike the traditional baked dish of littlenecks stuffed with bacon and breadcrumbs, Jimmy’s version comes as a bowl of thumbnail-sized Manila clams tossed with guanciale, compound butter and breadcrumbs.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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