THROWN AWAY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

thrown away

verb

past participle of throw away

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted I should throw away that torn shirt

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as in spent

to use up carelessly if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use

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Recent Examples of thrown away The agency says the products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 The finished system ends up split between company hardware and a cloud provider, and three months of design work gets thrown away. — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Experts believe that because lettuce is perishable, the stuff that was making people sick was eaten or thrown away long ago. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 Two coolers, three standing coolers and a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer, all filled with food, had to be thrown away after the center lost power for 14 hours. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 29 July 2026 On July 24, the DGA said the engine ran for a total of seven minutes and proved it could be reused after several firings, rather than being thrown away after just one use. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 If tomatoes have holes, they should not be eaten and thrown away entirely. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 Over the past decade and a half, Republicans have thrown away winnable Senate seat after winnable Senate seat by bad candidate choices. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Beloved legacies in the racing game universe, from Need for Speed, to Colin McRae Dirt, to Grid, to Burnout—the one that’s been most conspicuously absent the longest, somehow—willfully, eagerly thrown away. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 July 2026

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Verb

The concern is that I would get emotionally involved with this girl too soon after being dumped.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Real people went outside and dumped buckets of ice on their heads, ostensibly to spread awareness of a neurodegenerative disease.

— Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumped

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The professional explorers spent a year living inside the Boundary Waters, using their platform to speak loudly for its protection.

— Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Chief among them was the United Kingdom, which soon began to attract a number of big-budget movies thanks to a hugely popular 25% cash rebate on production expenses, including money spent on actors’ salaries and other above-the-line costs.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of spent

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When your seatmate is leading a Q1 strategy session, staring out the window and daydreaming—one of the most distinct opportunities of flying—may seem like time wasted.

— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Gansey wasted little time making his mark by acquiring 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of wasted

Verb

Alas, this compact between viewer and moviemaker is discarded in most contemporary comic book movies.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
While the business of cosmetically modified, futuristic-looking pets remains in its infancy, animal rights groups worry that eventually the creatures will be created, sold and later discarded in crowded municipal shelters.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of discarded

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The film was a left-wing Sunday-school lesson dressed up as…another tossed-together Cox neo-Western.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The Yankees had just taken a 1-0 lead on a solo home run from Trent Grisham when home plate umpire Vic Carapazza tossed Boone.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossed

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But other roles are likely to be shed as the companies join forces and look to streamline operations.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Contributor Stewart Savin put this model to the test by cleaning up after her 60-pound German Shepherd rescue mix, whose shedding season is 365 days a year.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026

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