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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

throwaway

· throw·a·way · IPA /θrˈoʊəwˌeɪ/
01 a. designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
  1. 1.
    designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
  2. 2.
    spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line in a play.
02 n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
  1. 1.
    an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
  2. 2.
    words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.
Syn. circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer