throwaway
adjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈθrəʊəweɪ/ us COMMERCE, MARKETING, ENVIRONMENT
throwaway goods, products, etc. are designed and marketed in a way that encourages people to keep replacing them:
Much of China's emissions come from manufacturing throwaway products for the west.
A fundamental change in consumer attitudes to the throwaway culture is the only way forward.
COMMERCE
used to describe a price that is very low:
Analysts warned that expecting to buy hi-tech products at increasingly throwaway prices would eventually cause us all problems.
See also
giveaway adjective
used to describe something that someone says without thinking carefully about whether it might be offensive to anyone:
throwaway comment/remark He faced disciplinary action because of a throwaway comment about a colleague.
throwaway society disapproving
ENVIRONMENT
the modern world in which many goods are disposable and create waste:
The developed world has become an increasingly throwaway society.