discards
Tosses as unwanted
Discards are things thrown away or rejected as unwanted.
In card games, discards are cards a player has chosen to remove from their hand: The discard pile was getting tall.
The term extends to anything set aside as useless or no longer needed: The factory floor was littered with discards.
Abandoned possessions
- secondsTime units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- defectivesFaulty or imperfect items
- cullsSelective removals
returns · unsold · damaged · flawed · imperfects · hand-me-downs · castaways · outcasts
Discarded worthless material
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- junkWorthless discarded items
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
debris · litter · detritus · dross · chaff · dregs · sweepings · castoffs
What stays after most goes
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- shredsTorn-up fragments
- clippingsPieces cut off
trimmings · shavings · parings · filings · chips · snippets · offcuts · oddments
Surplus beyond need
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
overflow · redundancy · spare · extra · unused · unneeded · superfluous · remainder
castoffs
Abandoned possessions
- secondsTime units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- defectivesFaulty or imperfect items
culls · returns · unsold · damaged · flawed · imperfects · hand-me-downs · castaways · outcasts · misfits
trash
Discarded worthless material
waste · debris · litter · detritus · dross · chaff · dregs · sweepings · castoffs · throwaways
remnants
What stays after most goes
clippings · trimmings · shavings · parings · filings · chips · snippets · offcuts · oddments · cuttings
leavings
What's abandoned behind
uneaten · untouched · crumbs · bones · rinds · peels · crusts · cores · stems · gristle
excess
Surplus beyond need
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
surfeit · overflow · redundancy · spare · extra · unused · unneeded · superfluous · remainder · overage
- castoffsrejects, throwaways, hand-me-downs, hand-me-down, junk
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- bridgecontract bridge, duplicate bridge, rubber bridge, bridge table, trump
- bycatchsea turtles, dolphins, sharks, porpoises, seabirds
- wastagewaste, losses, shrinkage, spillage, spoilage
- discard pileStack of rejected cards