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garbage

gar·bage [ grbij ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. discarded waste: discarded food waste or any other unwanted or useless material

2. nonsense: talk or writing that is worthless nonsense or lies

3. somebody or something worthless: somebody or something regarded as totally worthless

4. comput worthless data: inaccurate, useless, or meaningless data in a computer

[15th century. < Anglo-Norman]

gar·bag·y adjective
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