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junk email
noun
variants
or less commonly junk e-mail
: spam in email form
… let's face it, we're all inundated by way too much junk email, and getting off those mailing lists can be a hassle …—Rick Broida
Examples of junk email in a Sentence
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Accounts can also be created with a junk email address or any anonymous email service.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Cyber Promotions quickly became so hated that a dozen Internet service providers, including AOL, sued Wallace in the late 1990s, each hoping to halt his flood of junk e-mail despite the lack of antispam laws at the time.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2020
Host shall have no liability for a winner's failure to receive notices due to winners' spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners' provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information.
—The Cut, 5 June 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1985, in the meaning defined above
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“Junk email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20email. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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junk email
noun
: spam
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