wastepaper

[ weyst-pey-per ]

/ ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər /

noun

paper thrown away as useless.

Nearby words

wastebasket, wasted, wasteful, wasteland, wastelot, wastepaper, wastepaper basket, waster, wastewater, wasteweir, wasting

Origin of wastepaper

First recorded in 1575–85; waste + paper

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Examples from the Web for wastepaper

Maybe you turn in the tissue you found in the wastepaper basket and some water out of the toilet.
Patricia Cornwell Talks New Book, 'Red Mist,' Forensics, and Angelina Jolie|Janice Kaplan|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The flush remained on his face, his cigarette had gone out, and he threw the stump savagely into the wastepaper basket.
Cap'n Warren's Wards|Joseph C. Lincoln
Many of these appear to have been brought to him as wastepaper, to be purchased at so much per pound.
The Book-Hunter in London|William Roberts
He searched the wastepaper basket, and, picking an envelope therefrom, said “Ha!”
If I May|A. A. Milne

The sonnets of Shakespeare are picked up afterwards as if out of a wastepaper basket.
What I Saw in America|G. K. Chesterton
I was looking respectfully at that tomb of fame, his wastepaper basket.
The Champagne Standard|Mrs. John Lane

British Dictionary definitions for wastepaper

wastepaper

/ (ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə) /

noun

paper discarded after use

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