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discarded

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //dɪˈskɑɹdɪd// UK //dɪskˈɑːdɪd// dis·card·ed

v. thrown away or rejected because it is no longer useful or wanted. You use this to describe things that people have decided to get rid of.

v. thrown away or cast aside as useless or undesirable. Often describes physical waste or abandoned ideas.


SIMPLE

The beach was covered in discarded plastic bottles.

CONTEXTUAL

He found an old, discarded bicycle in the alley and decided to fix it up.

COMPLEX

The investigation relied on DNA evidence recovered from a discarded coffee cup found in a public trash bin near the crime scene.

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Usage

Typically used as a participial adjective before a noun or after a linking verb.

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