Disposable
adjective
Something that is made to be thrown away after use.
He wore disposable gloves while painting to avoid getting his hands dirty.
Often appears as...
- disposable gloves
- disposable cups
adjective
Someone or something that can be replaced or done away with easily.
In this fast-paced industry, staff often feel disposable.
Often appears as...
- disposable workforce
- disposable income
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Something that is made to be thrown away after use.
He wore disposable gloves while painting to avoid getting his hands dirty.
Often appears as...
- disposable gloves
- disposable cups
adjective
Someone or something that can be replaced or done away with easily.
In this fast-paced industry, staff often feel disposable.
Often appears as...
- disposable workforce
- disposable income
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that using 'disposable' highlights throw-away culture and environmental concerns.
Disposable plastic bags contribute significantly to pollution.
Pro Tip 2/3Convenience Focused
Items labeled as 'disposable' often emphasize convenience and saving time.
Disposable plates make cleaning up after the party easy.
Pro Tip 3/3Single Event
Use 'disposable' for items intended for one-time use during a specific event or task.
She bought disposable tablecloths for the school fair.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that using 'disposable' highlights throw-away culture and environmental concerns.
Disposable plastic bags contribute significantly to pollution.
Pro Tip 2/3Convenience Focused
Items labeled as 'disposable' often emphasize convenience and saving time.
Disposable plates make cleaning up after the party easy.
Pro Tip 3/3Single Event
Use 'disposable' for items intended for one-time use during a specific event or task.
She bought disposable tablecloths for the school fair.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Be aware that using 'disposable' highlights throw-away culture and environmental concerns.
Disposable plastic bags contribute significantly to pollution.
Pro Tip 2/3Convenience Focused
Items labeled as 'disposable' often emphasize convenience and saving time.
Disposable plates make cleaning up after the party easy.
Pro Tip 3/3Single Event
Use 'disposable' for items intended for one-time use during a specific event or task.
She bought disposable tablecloths for the school fair.
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
and yet, for some reason, I still felt a little bit unfulfilled. Despite the extraordinary things I was shooting and experiencing, they'd started to feel a little bit ordinary to me. I was also getting concerned about how disposable photography had started to feel in the digital world,
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What Happens To The...
you to come as light as possible we'd love you to bear in mind this is a farm we'd love you to think about what you bring and and try and move away from disposable convenient lifestyle I'll tell you as a pain you can go to any supermarket and you can buy these
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How shocking events can...
that the nations that are getting hit hardest by climate change are populated overwhelmingly by black and brown people. But when black lives are treated as disposable in prisons, in schools and on the streets, these connections are too rarely made.
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How I became an...
replacing the toxic, disposable plastic packaging to which we've all become addicted. This is called clean technology, and it felt really meaningful to me. A venture that could help to reduce the billions of pounds
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The work that makes all...
And what I thought to myself if domestic workers were in charge, this never would have happened. Our humanity would never have been so disposable that we would be treating children in this way.
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A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer these leach into food they don't biodegrade but still we using whole lot of plastic disposable cutlery why are we
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Hydrogels as an...
disposable diapers they also came up with many other applications including flexible contact lenses other biomedical applications and it was even used and is used on a small scale in some
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
Today's slavery is about commerce, so the goods that enslaved people produce have value, but the people producing them are disposable. Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,
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Climate change will...
not to have to see. We must honor the rights of nature. We must advance human rights for all. We must transform from a disposable, individual society
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How inventions change...
Disposable diapers made life easy for parents, but they killed off diaper delivery services. And do we want landfills overwhelmed by dirty diapers?
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
and yet, for some reason, I still felt a little bit unfulfilled. Despite the extraordinary things I was shooting and experiencing, they'd started to feel a little bit ordinary to me. I was also getting concerned about how disposable photography had started to feel in the digital world,
Video examples
What Happens To The...
you to come as light as possible we'd love you to bear in mind this is a farm we'd love you to think about what you bring and and try and move away from disposable convenient lifestyle I'll tell you as a pain you can go to any supermarket and you can buy these
Video examples
How shocking events can...
that the nations that are getting hit hardest by climate change are populated overwhelmingly by black and brown people. But when black lives are treated as disposable in prisons, in schools and on the streets, these connections are too rarely made.
Video examples
How I became an...
replacing the toxic, disposable plastic packaging to which we've all become addicted. This is called clean technology, and it felt really meaningful to me. A venture that could help to reduce the billions of pounds
Video examples
The work that makes all...
And what I thought to myself if domestic workers were in charge, this never would have happened. Our humanity would never have been so disposable that we would be treating children in this way.
Video examples
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer these leach into food they don't biodegrade but still we using whole lot of plastic disposable cutlery why are we
Video examples
Hydrogels as an...
disposable diapers they also came up with many other applications including flexible contact lenses other biomedical applications and it was even used and is used on a small scale in some
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
Today's slavery is about commerce, so the goods that enslaved people produce have value, but the people producing them are disposable. Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,
Video examples
Climate change will...
not to have to see. We must honor the rights of nature. We must advance human rights for all. We must transform from a disposable, individual society
Video examples
How inventions change...
Disposable diapers made life easy for parents, but they killed off diaper delivery services. And do we want landfills overwhelmed by dirty diapers?
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Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
I was mindful that clothes, objects and items had all been designed and manufactured. Thought had gone into those processes, so to mindlessly treat everything without care or as disposable was disrespectful. Things should be valued.
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Noel Fielding
English Comedian
People keep asking me if the Boosh is coming back, and I say, 'I hope so.' I'm not bothered people ask me about it. TV's become quite disposable, so to make something that lasts a bit of time - it won't last forever - is quite nice.
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John M. Ford
American Writer
I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.
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Terry McAuliffe
American Politician
One-third of Americans have already been forced to change their lifestyle because their disposable income is gone. A guy can't go to the corner bar after a rough day at work to have a beer, that's gone to oil!
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Sundar Pichai
Indian Businessman
My dad and mom did what a lot of parents did at the time. They sacrificed a lot of their life and used a lot of their disposable income to make sure their children were educated.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities.
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John Howard
Australian Statesman
Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
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Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
I was mindful that clothes, objects and items had all been designed and manufactured. Thought had gone into those processes, so to mindlessly treat everything without care or as disposable was disrespectful. Things should be valued.
Quote examples
Noel Fielding
English Comedian
People keep asking me if the Boosh is coming back, and I say, 'I hope so.' I'm not bothered people ask me about it. TV's become quite disposable, so to make something that lasts a bit of time - it won't last forever - is quite nice.
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John M. Ford
American Writer
I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.
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Terry McAuliffe
American Politician
One-third of Americans have already been forced to change their lifestyle because their disposable income is gone. A guy can't go to the corner bar after a rough day at work to have a beer, that's gone to oil!
Quote examples
Sundar Pichai
Indian Businessman
My dad and mom did what a lot of parents did at the time. They sacrificed a lot of their life and used a lot of their disposable income to make sure their children were educated.
Quote examples
Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.
Quote examples
S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.
Quote examples
Robert Plant
British Musician
I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.
Quote examples
Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities.
Quote examples
John Howard
Australian Statesman
Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
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