scrap heap
Frequency: 6.05.8 per million words
a pile of discarded metal or other materials
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- The old car was so rusty it was destined for the scrap heap.
- My first computer has been consigned to the scrap heap.
- After his injury, the athlete felt like he'd been thrown on the scrap heap.
- The old car was destined for the scrap heap after years of neglect.
- Obsolete machinery from the factory was piled up on the scrap heap.
- Many promising ideas end up on the scrap heap if not properly developed.
- Last year's smartphones are already consigned to the technological scrap heap.
- After years of service, the worn-out machinery was finally sent to the scrap heap.
- We found some usable parts by sorting through the giant scrap heap behind the workshop.
- His political career felt like it was heading for the scrap heap after the scandal.
- Many brilliant ideas end up on the scrap heap of history.
- Don't let your valuable skills go to the scrap heap; keep learning and adapting!
- The company has a reputation for putting older employees on the scrap heap.
- The company's outdated business model was quickly thrown onto the scrap heap.
- The mangled bicycle was tossed onto the scrap heap with other discarded metal.
- They plan to clear out the entire scrap heap at the back of the workshop by next month.
- The failed policy was eventually tossed onto the scrap heap of forgotten legislation.
- Without continuous innovation, even a leading product can quickly become a scrap heap.
- Is this old computer still useful, or should it be relegated to the scrap heap?
- The once-revolutionary technology is now little more than a scrap heap of obsolete components.