Throwaway - Definition

throwaway

adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
"throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a),
discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)]
2: intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned
and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin,
throwaway]
2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill,
broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

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