Thesaurus / discard
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Cooks had to track any discard that couldn’t be repurposed—including food that came back from the dining room uneaten on each plate—before emptying it into the composter.
INSIDE FINLAND'S PLAN TO END ALL WASTE BY 2050LISA ABENDJANUARY 20, 2022TIMEWhen Nicole Anzia helps clients get their homes in order, she sees certain items time and time again, and they usually end up in the discard bin.
HOW TO TAME YOUR HOUSEHOLD CLUTTERHELEN CAREFOOTOCTOBER 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWilliam, indeed, was not the man to discard an old friend for a new one.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYThe vote which required the King to discard them merely because they were what he himself was seemed to him a personal affront.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYHe would discard any doctrine which, logically carried out, led to absurdity.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORD"Yes; she was too genuinely a lady to encourage his suit, then discard him at the last moment," he concluded, despondently.
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERETHere you are, slouchin' around without a dressin' jacket er slippers en talkin' 'bout an ole song that's in the discard.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYThey would, if they could, discard the bonds which unite them with England.
AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEYIf you cannot find a place where they seem to fit in, discard them.
AMATEUR GARDENCRAFTEBEN E. REXFORDMay I ask, would you, if you discovered that Mr. Vincent had a Virginia, discard him for ever from your thoughts?
TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME 3 (OF 10)MARIA EDGEWORTHWORDS RELATED TO DISCARD
- be careless
- be derelict
- be irresponsible
- be negligent
- be remiss
- bypass
- defer
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- elide
- evade
- gloss over
- let pass
- let slide
- look the other way
- lose sight of
- miss
- not trouble oneself
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- postpone
- procrastinate
- shirk
- skimp
- skip
- suspend
- think little of
- trifle
- affronts
- brushes aside
- brushes off
- condemns
- depreciates
- despises
- detests
- discounts
- disdains
- dismisses
- disregards
- has nothing to does with
- ignores
- keeps at arm's length
- keeps one's distance
- laughs off
- let goes
- lives with
- makes light of
- not cares for
- overlooks
- passes by
- passes over
- passes up
- pays no attention to
- pays no mind
- pretermits
- rebuffs
- rejects
- scants
- scorns
- shrug off
- slights
- slurs
- spurns
- tunes out
- underestimates
- X out
- bar
- blink at
- bypass
- cancel
- cast aside
- count out
- cut
- cut out
- delete
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- drop
- edit
- eliminate
- evade
- except
- fail
- ignore
- knock off
- leave out
- leave undone
- let go
- let slide
- miss
- miss out
- neglect
- overlook
- overpass
- pass by
- pass over
- preclude
- prohibit
- reject
- repudiate
- skip
- slight
- snip
- trim
- void
- withhold
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