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a(1)
: old iron, glass, paper, or other waste that may be used again in some form
(2)
: secondhand, worn, or discarded articles
(3)
b
: something of poor quality : trash
c
: something of little meaning, worth, or significance
2
: pieces of old cable or cordage used especially to make gaskets, mats, swabs, or oakum
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5
: baseball pitches that break or are off-speed (such as curveballs or changeups)
6
slang
: male genitalia
: any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder
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Noun (1)
Verb
Examples of junk in a Sentence
Noun (1)
couldn't believe that such junk was chosen to be read for the book club
my car is junk—it spends more time in the shop than on the road
junk on the side of the road waiting for the trash collection
Verb
We decided to junk our old computer and buy a new one.
we'll have to junk this old car
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
Downgrades to junk from two of Boeing’s three major credit graders would leave much of its $52 billion of outstanding long-term debt ineligible for inclusion in investment-grade indexes.
—Caleb Mutua, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, Ortberg announced plans to lay off about 17,000 people and a stock sale to prevent the company’s credit rating from being cut to junk status.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The ratings agency Fitch restored Delta’s investment-grade credit rating this July after cutting it to junk during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
Downgrades to junk from two of Boeing’s three major credit graders would leave much of its $52 billion of outstanding long-term debt ineligible for inclusion in investment-grade indexes.
—Caleb Mutua, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
Build crazy machines that work out of junk, and learn the underlying principles behind them.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, Ortberg announced plans to lay off about 17,000 people and a stock sale to prevent the company’s credit rating from being cut to junk status.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Junk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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junk
2 of 3 verb
: to get rid of as worthless : scrap
junk
3 of 3 noun
: a ship of eastern Asia with a high stern and four-cornered sails
Etymology
Noun
Middle English jonke "piece of old or worn-out rope"
Noun
from Portuguese junco "a Chinese ship"
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