Garbage

/ˈɡɑrbɪdʒ/

Meaning & Definition

noun

waste material; refuse or litter.

Please take out the garbage before it starts to smell.

nonsensical or worthless ideas or statements.

The movie was filled with garbage that made no sense.

something that is regarded as worthless or insignificant.

He felt the feedback he received was just garbage and not constructive.

verb

to discard as waste.

We need to garbage all the old papers cluttering the office.

Late Middle English, from the Old French 'garbage' meaning 'refuse, scraps'.

garbage in, garbage out

The concept that the quality of output is determined by the quality of the input.

don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Don't discard something valuable along with the unnecessary.

a bag of garbage

A collection of worthless items or ideas.

refuse

Items that are discarded or rejected.

waste

Material that is not wanted or is considered unusable.

litter

Items or waste that are left lying around in public places.

Something of poor quality or worthless.

That new phone is garbage; it keeps crashing.

Fake or exaggerated information.

All that gossip is just garbage; don't believe it.