Cheap and Throwaway

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Cheap adjective - Costing little.

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Throwaway and cheap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Throwaway" instead an adjective "Cheap".

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Throwaway adjective - Intended to be thrown away after use.

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Cheap and throwaway are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Throwaway".

Even smaller, easier species like parakeets need socialization to be good pets, though since they're so cheap (and thus "throwaway pets" to many) people are more willing to get rid of them.

Source: Cool Pet
A throwaway gag on The Simpsons referred to Groundskeeper Willie ordering a mail order bride but being too cheap to pay the postage and her being held at the post office.

Source: Mail-Order Bride
This is deliberate on part of the Dominion, with the Fighters being cheap but deadly throwaway ships with minimal and expendable crew, and no features that aren't essential to combat.

Source: Glass Cannon

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