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throwaway adjective [ ˈθrəʊəweɪ ]

• denoting or relating to products that are intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.
• "a throwaway camera"
Similar: disposable, expendable, one-use, non-returnable, one-way, single-trip, cheap, ephemeral, obsolescent, paper, plastic, biodegradable, photodegradable,
• (of a remark) expressed in a casual or understated way.
• "some people overreacted to a few throwaway lines"
Similar: casual, passing, careless, unthinking, unstudied, unconsidered, ill-considered, parenthetical, nonchalant, offhand,

throwaway noun

• a thing intended to be discarded after brief use.
• "the song is hardly even a throwaway"


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