cast-off

Adjective
Synonyms: discardedthrowawaythrown-away

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. thrown away“wearing someone's cast-off clothes”“throwaway children living on the streets”“salvaged some thrown-away furniture”Synonyms: discardedthrowawaythrown-awayOpposite wantedSimilar unwanted
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cast′-off′ adjective

Cast or laid aside; thrown away; discarded; as, cast-off clothes. Syn. — discarded, junked, scrap(prenominal), waste.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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