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wastepaper

waste·pa·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [weyst-pey-per]
    • /ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər/
    • /ˈweɪst.ˌpe.pə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [weyst-pey-per]
    • /ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər/

Definitions of wastepaper word

  • noun wastepaper paper thrown away as useless. 1
  • noun wastepaper Unwanted paper that has been discarded rather than recycled. 1
  • noun wastepaper paper discarded as useless 1
  • noun wastepaper paper discarded after use 0
  • noun wastepaper paper thrown away after use or as useless 0

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Origin of wastepaper

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; waste + paper

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Parts of speech for Wastepaper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wastepaper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

wastepaper usage trend in Literature

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