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garbage
[gahr-bij]
noun
discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.
a bin or other receptacle for discarded matter, especially kitchen waste; garbage can.
Hey, who threw my leftover pizza in the garbage?
anything that is contemptibly worthless, inferior, or vile.
There's nothing but garbage on TV tonight.
worthless talk; lies; foolishness.
Informal., any unnecessary item added to something else, as for appearance only; garnish.
I'll have an Old Fashioned, but without the garbage.
useless artificial satellites or parts of rockets floating in space, as satellites that are no longer transmitting information or rocket boosters jettisoned in flight.
Computers., meaningless or unwanted data.
That program was not properly debugged and produced nothing but garbage.
garbage
/ ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ /
noun
worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
Also called: rubbish. discarded or waste matter; refuse
computing invalid data
informal, nonsense
Word History and Origins
Origin of garbage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of garbage1
Example Sentences
"They put a lot of pressure on themselves and as much as Scheffler says he doesn't think about it, I think that's garbage and he thinks about all of it," added Miceli.
“This kind of garbage has led to a more than 1000% increase in the assaults on enforcement officers,” the agency said.
“This type of garbage about ICE and Border Patrol agents engaging in an ‘ethnic cleansing,’ and racial profiling vilifies our law enforcement.
"They throw their garbage at our doorstep. I call the authorities and they say, "We'll send the army". But the army never comes. The settlers are the army, they are the police, they are everything."
Thus, Nexstar was the first to answer Carr’s call “to step up and say, ‘You know, this garbage . . . isn’t something that we think serves the needs of our local communities.”
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