1
: useless waste or rejected matter : trash
2
: something that is worthless or nonsensical
few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much rubbish survives—
William Bridges-Adams
William Bridges-AdamsExamples of rubbish in a Sentence
Please, pick the rubbish up off the ground.
I think what he says is absolute rubbish!
“I'm sorry, but I had to do it.” “Rubbish!”
The food at that restaurant is complete rubbish.
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Locating and identifying seabed rubbish that's prime for removal is undertaken via onboard sonar and a vision camera, plus AI processing, to help the robot recognize trash and determine where best to grab on.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
My pile begins as a load of raw if purposeful rubbish, a rough draft that with time and effort is refined into a finished product put to immediate use.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
Unique features Identifying underwater rubbish is no easy task as there’s little image data available to train neural networks.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali’s capital, on Saturday as some burned rubbish on the street and police fired tear gas into the crowd.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
My pile begins as a load of raw if purposeful rubbish, a rough draft that with time and effort is refined into a finished product put to immediate use.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
Unique features Identifying underwater rubbish is no easy task as there’s little image data available to train neural networks.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali’s capital, on Saturday as some burned rubbish on the street and police fired tear gas into the crowd.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rubbish
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“Rubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubbish. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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