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as in garbage
discarded or useless material
it's illegal to throw rubbish out of your car on the highway
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as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth
regarded most romance novels as the lowest form of literary rubbish
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as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
you're obviously no economist because what you're saying is absolute rubbish
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Any cursory research reveals that such a statement is indefensible rubbish.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
They can be seen approaching a dumpster, piled high with trash, and then pulling a newborn out of the rubbish.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
But on Wednesday, the rhetorical rubbish landed on the presidential compound in Seoul, delivering what was perhaps the most humiliating of the unwanted loads from the North so far and raising security concerns and questions about whether the situation would devolve.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Taiwo remembers everyone fawning over the food, including some policemen on set who were floored to find that Africans don’t eat rubbish.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
They can be seen approaching a dumpster, piled high with trash, and then pulling a newborn out of the rubbish.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
But on Wednesday, the rhetorical rubbish landed on the presidential compound in Seoul, delivering what was perhaps the most humiliating of the unwanted loads from the North so far and raising security concerns and questions about whether the situation would devolve.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Taiwo remembers everyone fawning over the food, including some policemen on set who were floored to find that Africans don’t eat rubbish.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
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“Rubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubbish. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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