throwaway
pronunciation
How to pronounce throwaway in British English:
UK [ˈθrəʊəweɪ]
How to pronounce throwaway in American English:
US [ˈθroʊəweɪ]
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- Noun:
- a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
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- Adjective:
- thrown away
- intended to be thrown away after use
Word Origin
- throwaway (adj.)
- also throw-away, 1901 in reference to very low prices; by 1903 in reference to printed material meant to be read once then tossed, and to wasted votes; with reference to disposable consumer goods, attested from 1969. From the verbal phrase, attested from late 14c. in the sense "reject, cast from oneself," from throw (v.) + away (adv.). More literal meaning of "dispose of as useless, release from one's possession as unneeded" is first recorded 1520s. Throw-away society attested from 1967.
Example
- 1. Instead he will use " throwaway " e-mail addresses , like those offered by 10minutemail.com .
- 2. At the time , it was a kind of throwaway remark .
- 3. No amount of statistics , could take the place of seeing the reality of what this throwaway attitude did to the living , breathing animal .
- 4. Increased freedom to create means increased freedom to create throwaway material , as well as freedom to indulge in the experimentation that eventually makes the good new stuff possible .
- 5. Mostly , it has been used to convey astronauts to a space station that has produced little worthwhile research and to launch satellites that might have been put into orbit more cheaply by old-fashioned , throwaway rockets .