junked
Sent to scrap
Junked is the past tense of junk, meaning to discard or scrap something no longer useful: We junked the old refrigerator.
Cars are junked when they're sold for parts or scrap metal.
The word implies something has outlived its value: The whole project got junked after the funding fell through.
Destroyed or intoxicated
- dumpedAbruptly ended romantically
- tossedThrew lightly
- disposedInclined toward something
- scrappedDiscarded as useless
ditched · chucked · thrown out · gotten rid of · rejected · abandoned · castoff · jettisoned
Destroyed or summed
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
damaged · crumpled · flattened · shattered · mangled · battered · busted · destroyed
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- discontinuedNo longer available
mothballed · retired · phased out · superseded · old-fashioned · bygone · defunct · replaced
Accumulated in quantity
- heapedPiled in abundance
- accumulatedGradually collected or gathered
- hoardedCollected and concealed
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
crammed · stuffed · stacked · strewn · scattered · disorganized · messy · chaotic
trashed
Destroyed or intoxicated
scrapped · ditched · chucked · thrown out · gotten rid of · rejected · abandoned · castoff · jettisoned · ejected
totaled
Destroyed or summed
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
ruined · damaged · crumpled · flattened · shattered · mangled · battered · busted · destroyed · scrapyard
outdated
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
discontinued · mothballed · retired · phased out · superseded · old-fashioned · bygone · defunct · replaced · useless
piled up
Accumulated in quantity
- heapedPiled in abundance
- accumulatedGradually collected or gathered
- hoardedCollected and concealed
overflowing · crammed · stuffed · stacked · strewn · scattered · disorganized · messy · chaotic
- product conditionnew, used, refurbished, like new, good
- discardeddiscarded, threw away, tossed, trashed, dumped
- broken-downbroken-down, busted, kaput, out of order, inoperative
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- unusedunused, idle, untouched, vacant, empty
junkedrestored
Returned to original condition
repaired · refurbished · renovated · reconditioned · rebuilt
- junk foodLow-nutrition processed snacks
- junk mailUnsolicited commercial correspondence
- piece of junkWorthless or broken thing
- junk scienceFaulty claims dressed as research
- junk drawerStorage for homeless objects
- hunk of junkUseless piece of garbage
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