Thesaurus / junk
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The result has been a tide of disposable, nonrecyclable plastic junk.
BIG OIL’S HOPES ARE PINNED ON PLASTICS. IT WON’T END WELL.DAVID ROBERTSSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXThey’ll junk their plan against a certain adversary and throw something completely different at them if whatever they did the first time around didn’t work.
THE RAPTORS’ DEFENSE IS ALMOST NEVER THE SAME, BUT IT’S ALWAYS REALLY GOODJARED DUBINAUGUST 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTGiven how bad the space junk problem is getting, any new solutions are more than welcome at this point.
HOW TO CAST A WIDER NET FOR TRACKING SPACE JUNKNEEL PATELAUGUST 5, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWSpace junk isn’t going away anytime soon—and neither are the problems it causes.
HOW TO CAST A WIDER NET FOR TRACKING SPACE JUNKNEEL PATELAUGUST 5, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWMail ballots are now postage-paid, so you won’t need to dig around your junk drawer for stamps.
POLITICS REPORT: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR SPORTS ARENASCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSJULY 11, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOPhones and other screens are tempting, but overdoing it can be like overindulging in junk food.
HOW TO COPE AS COVID-19 IMPOSES SOCIAL DISTANCINGSHEILA MULROONEY ELDREDMARCH 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSBut as no junk-man came, and as no one could be found to care for its now sadly battered hulk, its good riddance became a problem.
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHWe obliged them to proceed, passed close by the junk, and then landed, and continued our excursion on foot.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERAfter he had married her, he'd sell out this pile of junk and let somebody else haggle with the Injuns and cowpunchers.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMANYour Caroline, so enticing five hours before in this very chamber where she frisked about like an eel, is now a junk of lead.
THE PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE, COMPLETEHONORE DE BALZACSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 18, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO JUNK
- bare
- barren
- bush-league
- deficient
- depleted
- dry
- failing
- faulty
- feeble
- found wanting
- glitch
- imperfect
- impotent
- inappreciable
- inapt
- incapable
- incommensurate
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsiderable
- insubstantial
- junk
- lacking
- lame
- lemon
- lousy
- low
- meager
- minus
- miserly
- niggardly
- not enough
- parsimonious
- poor
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- small
- spare
- sparse
- sterile
- stunted
- thin
- too little
- unequal
- unproductive
- unqualified
- weak
- adornment
- anklet
- band
- bangle
- bauble
- beads
- bijou
- bracelet
- brass
- brooch
- cameo
- chain
- charm
- choker
- costume
- cross
- crown
- diamonds
- earring
- finery
- frippery
- gem
- glass
- gold
- ice
- jewel
- junk
- knickknack
- lavaliere
- locket
- necklace
- ornament
- pendant
- pin
- regalia
- ring
- rock
- rosary
- silver
- solitaire
- sparkler
- stickpin
- stone
- tiara
- tie pin
- treasure
- trinket
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