dumping ground

noun

: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent

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Council members said the city of 100,000 had been a dumping ground for homeless projects that were straining the budget and leading to disorder. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 Either way, the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel about life in a theocratic future America was good enough to legitimize Hulu as more than a dumping ground for next-day network shows. Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024 Early in the movie, Deadpool and Wolverine get banished to a place called The Void, a kind of dumping ground for comics characters at the end of space and time. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 July 2024 Summer used to be a dumping ground for TV programmers too. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumping ground 

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dumping ground was in 1857

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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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