verb
definition
To throw away, to reject.
definition
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
definition
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
Examples of discarded in a Sentence
Discarded wrappers and soft drink cans littered the floor, a magazine and a folded newspaper lay between the men on the seat.
I know the motel where they are staying so the cell phone I've already discarded wasn't necessary.
All pomp was distasteful to him and discarded by him.
Only Quinn's notes, a few articles of discarded clothing and the recorder remained.
It astonished me to find how much easier it is to talk than to spell with the fingers, and I discarded the manual alphabet as a medium of communication on my part; but Miss Sullivan and a few friends still use it in speaking to me, for it is more convenient and more rapid than lip-reading.
The sea shore is too far to the east so I fear she'll be remanded to a roadside bier of Kudzu and discarded fast food wrappers.
Killing time as I waited, I picked up a discarded newspaper on a vacated seat next to me.
The two travelers killed the time picking over a bland lunch and alternating long walks with longer periods of sitting on hard seats, re-reading a discarded newspaper.
The retreating blonde woman's rope and crampons lay discarded at the edge of the path, the bag from their recent purchase crumpled nearby.
Hence where reason is discarded by the mystic it is merely reason overleaping itself; it occurs at the end and not at the beginning of his speculations.
Worse, what if he discarded her before she was able to get the gem?
He considered warning the Indian night clerk that they had a real winner wandering out on the sand in the middle of the night but discarded the idea.
In Germany the Evangelical Church (outcome of a compromise between Lutherans and Reformed) has, in general, now discarded the old vestments.
Baskets are often discarded to the garage or given away.
Bills sinking into the cracks, shards of glass, discarded wrappers.
The army shirt proved hot and itchy to many of the men and was discarded.
Its present form is due to an orthodox revision which discarded, so far as possible, all Gnostic traces.
This point of view was carried to extremes by those who discarded all real study, and based their treatment on rules of thumb.
Do not leave litter or food on the towpath, discarded food can attract vermin.
Ray Lankester, have urged that the word is so firmly asssociated with historical implications of fixity which are now incongruous with its application, that it ought to be discarded from scientific nomenclature.
In these compositions, remarkable for their lacile handling of medieval Latin rhymes and rhythms, the allegorizing mysticism which envelops chivalrous poetry is discarded.
Discarded shopping trolleys are incorporated into techno-industrial gothic as hidden symbols of our times.
Words are fully vocalized in the early lessons, but vowels are progressively discarded; they are, however, shown in the vocabulary.
They left England, indeed, for liberty to discard the " poperies " of the English Church, and once in Massachusetts they even discarded far more than those " poperies."
Diet Their natural diet is grain and seeds, but they also scavenge on food discarded on urban streets.
Peter Savidge's vampiric Don is all slicked-back hair and white evening gloves, a pair of which are discarded after every attempted seduction.
In most cases the original volume is simply discarded with the electronic surrogate becoming the primary resource.
School syringe threat highlighted A nationwide campaign has been launched to help combat the dangers posed by discarded syringes left on school premises.
In 1786 Johann Elert Bode formed a new constellation, named the "Honours of Frederick," after his patron Frederick II., out of certain stars situated in the arm of Ptolemy's Andromeda; this innovation found little favour and is now discarded.
The other day I substituted the words SMALL and LARGE for these signs, and she at once adopted the words and discarded the signs.
A roe deer antler - perhaps used in the grave digging - was discarded on one side of the burial.
She had discarded her roses with a shudder; cap, goggles, duster, lay advance boy game video in her lap.
Serious smokers can be seen rummaging through rubbish and peering in gutters looking for discarded, but not quite spent, Bic lighters.
Peter Savidge 's vampiric Don is all slicked-back hair and white evening gloves, a pair of which are discarded after every attempted seduction.
Thus the first luxury to be discarded in this imperialist war is sham capitalist democracy.
He read it thoroughly and, when he failed to find anything useful, discarded it with a loud snort of disgust.
The awareness that more and more resources are tied up in discarded and obsolete machinery is transmuted into a kind of glamor.
Whose justifiable disgust at the sight of discarded chewing gum or of dog turds on the pavement made him find alternative routes home.
It is believed that the band deliberately left their beds unmade and a discarded pan drop was found stuck to the shagpile.
Service managers should pro-actively consult the local community on discarded used injecting equipment.
Finds such as fragments of modern metal, waterworn stone and suchlike, will be returned to the finder or discarded with their permission.
Ask them for some wood shavings or a small piece of discarded wood of the same type, and make your own shavings.
You'll even find boxes that can be discarded after a use or two, meaning your box never gets that heavy cat urine smell that some boxes pick up over time.
Each year thousands of pieces of outdoor furniture are discarded and taken to landfills and dumps throughout the country.
Old buckets can be used as plant pots or discarded household items such as an old bath can make a good container for growing vegetables as well as being a talking point.
Despite regulations and the effort of environmental organizations to educate the public, many hazardous items that require special handling when being discarded end up in landfills.
A surprising amount of materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste can be used within a school.
Don't throw your old phone in the trash or stash it away amid drawers of junk to be discarded later.
Recycling waste keeps discarded items from filling up landfill sites.
While it is possible to buy rugs made from recycled plastic, it is also possible to make rugs at home from discarded plastic bags.