1
a
: food waste
b
: discarded or useless material
2
a
b
: inaccurate or useless data
Examples of garbage in a Sentence
The park was littered with garbage.
Please take out the garbage.
Raccoons were going through the garbage.
Throw the can in the garbage.
If you ask me, what he said is a bunch of garbage.
Recent Examples on the Web
Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
This inspection was on Friday, Feb. 7 —that’s 22 days after the meat should have met the garbage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Hegseth calls new names 'garbage' Hegseth already signaled his intention to revert the original, Confederate names of two bases.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Homeowners should consider moving garbage and recycling containers, along with vehicles, boats and RVs, outside the zone.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
This inspection was on Friday, Feb. 7 —that’s 22 days after the meat should have met the garbage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Hegseth calls new names 'garbage' Hegseth already signaled his intention to revert the original, Confederate names of two bases.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Homeowners should consider moving garbage and recycling containers, along with vehicles, boats and RVs, outside the zone.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Garbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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