Complete and Throwaway

Complete

Complete adjective - Not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it.

Throwaway is an antonym for complete.

Throwaway

Throwaway adjective - Intended to be thrown away after use.

Complete is an antonym for throwaway in temporary topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Unlike Big Lipped Alligator Moment, it's not just a random throwaway gag that pops up unexpectedly only to sink forever, it's a complete piece of continuity not thrown away, but still set aside.
    Source: Loose Canon
  • Complete with an early throwaway line about SIS being "impossible".
  • It seems like a throwaway line at first, but a few scenes later Spencer gets a call from Disney, and he actually DOES go there, complete with a montage of Spencer and Jessica on various Magic Kingdom rides.
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