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discarded

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dis·card  (d-skärd)
v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards
v.tr.
1. To throw away; reject.
2.
a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
b. To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.
v.intr.
To discard a playing card.
n. (dskärd)
1.
a. The act of discarding in a card game.
b. A discarded playing card.
2. One that is discarded or rejected.
dis·carda·ble adj.
dis·carder n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.discarded - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away
unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"


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These piteous wrecks that are my comrades here say we have reached the bottom of the scale, the final humiliation; they say that when a horse is no longer worth the weeds and discarded rubbish they feed to him, they sell him to the bull-ring for a glass of brandy, to make sport for the people and perish for their pleasure.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
Moreover, it was not till late that the short plot was discarded for one of greater compass, and the grotesque diction of the earlier satyric form for the stately manner of Tragedy.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
The paper with the discarded sketch on it was found, but it was dirty, and spotted with candle-grease.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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