discarded

/dɪˈskɑːrdɪd/

thrown away or rejected

The old furniture was discarded during the renovation.

The old furniture was thrown away during the renovation.

general

Thrown away or rejected as useless or unwanted

She discarded the expired food from the fridge.

She threw away the expired food from the fridge.

The company discarded the outdated policies.

The company rejected the outdated policies.

Often used for physical objects or outdated ideas.

Collocations

discarded itemsthings thrown awaydiscarded plansabandoned plansdiscarded evidenceevidence thrown away

Use 'discarded' for both physical and abstract things that are no longer needed.

From Middle English 'discarden', from Old French 'descarder', from Latin 'discardare' (to put aside).

Commonly used for both physical objects and abstract concepts that are no longer needed or wanted.

dis-

apart

prefix

-card

to put aside

root

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