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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Stony rubbish, dead trees, the odd corpse in the garden—nothing that couldn’t be absorbed back into the earth.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Is all religion rubbish and still ripping us apart…?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
For many centuries and probably longer, the seas and oceans of the world have been used as a source of food but also as an enormous dumping ground for all sorts of rubbish.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
The study confirmed direct dumping by boats, with evidence of bags full of rubbish thrown overboard.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
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Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Is all religion rubbish and still ripping us apart…?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
For many centuries and probably longer, the seas and oceans of the world have been used as a source of food but also as an enormous dumping ground for all sorts of rubbish.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
The study confirmed direct dumping by boats, with evidence of bags full of rubbish thrown overboard.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
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 7 Apr. 2026.
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