scrapheap
Britishnoun
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a pile of discarded material
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(of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
Example Sentences
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A rail enthusiast has bought a 1970s train for £1 in a bid to save it from the scrapheap.
From BBC • May 29, 2024
Mind you, I’m not relegating Kelenic to the scrapheap of busted prospects.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
Offshore oil derricks dotting the California coastline continue pumping despite a history of catastrophic spills and vows from generations of politicians to send them to the scrapheap.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2021
They had to move fast, they decided — or The Last Light might end up on Magic Leap’s scrapheap.
From The Verge • Jul. 6, 2020
For instance, a very brief association with Eleanor caused her to relegate to the scrapheap of the "common" the ready-made white ruching for neck and sleeves which she had always before taken for granted.
From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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