discarding

ADJECTIVE

omitting

Synonyms

STRONG

canceling disregarding excepting excluding ignoring missing neglecting overlooking precluding repudiating slighting withholding

WEAK

not including not naming passing over

Antonyms

WEAK

including inserting mentioning

NOUN

disposal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clearance demolition destruction disposition dumping removal transfer

STRONG

conveyance demolishing dispensation ejection relegation relinquishment riddance sacrifice sale selling trading transference vending

WEAK

auctioning bartering chucking destroying dispatching jettison jettisoning junking scrapping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

building construction

WEAK

beginning hold keeping retention start

NOUN

dumping

Synonyms

STRONGEST

removal

STRONG

disposition jettison junking scrapping

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Schrader said it typically takes him four to six months to fully develop a screenplay idea, a process of testing, discarding and gradually refining concepts until they either strengthen or collapse under scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Rather than discarding it she hands it to her colleague, apparently ready to be reused on another child.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

But buying up and discarding tons of secondhand clothing doesn’t help.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Herro favors tech stocks that investors are discarding because they are not AI plays, or because they fear AI will hurt business.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Then, on the way out to the other world, one dies of thirst and exhaustion, but the other crawls on, discarding most of the treasure he has grown too weak to carry.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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