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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Donating it doesn’t feel right, she said, and neither does discarding it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

We are rewarding technical knowledge and discarding the other two.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

That means, in part, becoming more and more of a closed ecosystem, discarding customization methods that might take you away from official big-name apps or, worse, leave a cash-generating option on the table.

From Slate ● May 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

I read hard, discarding a writer as soon as I felt that I had grasped his point of view.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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