waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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This seemingly inconsequential waste product helped keep American cannons firing during the War of 1812 and provided a lifeline for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Wood-eaters use some of the carbon for energy, expelling carbon dioxide—and farting methane, in the case of termites—as a waste product.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The material consists mainly of finely ground marble, obtained as an otherwise-unwanted waste product from quarries.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
In the process, the mitochondria spit out a waste product, called reactive oxygen species.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Wood-eaters use some of the carbon for energy, expelling carbon dioxide—and farting methane, in the case of termites—as a waste product.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The material consists mainly of finely ground marble, obtained as an otherwise-unwanted waste product from quarries.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
In the process, the mitochondria spit out a waste product, called reactive oxygen species.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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