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wastepaper

[ weyst-pey-per ]

noun

  1. paper thrown away as useless.


wastepaper

/ ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə /

noun

  1. paper discarded after use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wastepaper1

First recorded in 1575–85; waste + paper
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Example Sentences

In a statement on Wednesday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, confirmed that the North sent the balloons to make good on her country’s recent threat to “scatter mounds of wastepaper and filth” in South Korea in response to leafleting campaigns by South Korean activists.

She said they were deployed to make good on her country’s recent threat to “scatter mounds of wastepaper and filth” in South Korea in response to the leafleting campaigns by South Korean activists.

"Mounds of wastepaper and filth will soon be scattered over the border areas and the interior of the ROK and it will directly experience how much effort is required to remove them," said North Korea's vice-minister of defence Kim Kang Il said in a statement to state media on Sunday.

From BBC

Among the many kinds of trash that accumulate within a home, wastepaper is one of the most common.

A sustainable alternative could be lightweight, cellulose aerogels, but current methods to produce them from wastepaper require several chemical pretreatment steps.

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