Word Study
throwaway
CIDE DICTIONARY
throwaway, a.
- designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable. [PJC]
- spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line in a play. [PJC]
throwaway, n.
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. [WordNet 1.5]
- words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
throwaway
castaway, castoff, consumable, deep six, discard, discarding, disposable, disposal, dumping, elimination, expendable, jettison, junking, no-deposit, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, removal, replaceable, scrapping, spendableFor further exploring for "throwaway" in Webster Dictionary Online