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discarded
[dih-skahr-did]
adjective
having been disposed of, cast out, or put aside.
The fire is believed to have been started by a discarded match or cigarette.
The sprocket wheel and chain were scavenged from a discarded bicycle.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of discard.
Other 51Թ Forms
- undiscarded adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of discarded1
Example Sentences
This moment sticks in the mind, the intimacy of a family in which a present for the mother becomes a treat for the child, whose chewed and discarded food is finished by the father.
At times his family lived on discarded fruit he picked up along his route.
In the same year that Laura first launched her campaign, it emerged that a fire which destroyed a recycling facility in Aberdeen had "most likely" been caused by a discarded vape.
Improperly discarded, it can also have a massive detrimental impact on the environment.
One of the machetes was discarded in the River Thames but was later recovered.
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