Adjective throwaway has 2 senses
- cast-off, discarded, throwaway, thrown-away - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
Antonym: wanted (indirect, via unwanted)
- throwaway - intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
Antonyms: nondisposable, reusable (indirect, via disposable)
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Noun throwaway has 3 senses
- street arab, gamin, throwaway - a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets
--1 is a kind of street urchin, guttersnipe
- circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway - an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
--2 is a kind of ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert
--2 has particulars: stuffer
- throwaway - words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
--3 is a kind of actor's line, speech, words
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