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waste product

American  

noun

  1. material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.

  2. feces, urine, and other material excreted in the life process.

waste product Scientific  

  1. An unusable or unwanted substance or material produced during or as a result of a process, such as metabolism or manufacturing.

Etymology

Origin of waste product

First recorded in 1930–35

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