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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Their archive of props and scripts were saved from going into the scrapheap by the Waterside art venue in Sale in 2017.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Mind you, I’m not relegating Kelenic to the scrapheap of busted prospects.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
The early July acquisitions of two relievers off the scrapheap — sidearm-throwing left-hander T.J.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 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
"One day nearer home" for such a worker means one day nearer the scrapheap.
From The University of Hard Knocks by Parlette, Ralph
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