throwaway

n., pl., -ways.

1. Something designed or likely to be discarded after use, as a free handbill distributed on the street.
2. A child or teenager who has been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians and lives on the streets.

adj.

1. 1. Designed or intended to be discarded after use: throwaway packaging.
   2. Readily discarding things: a throwaway society.
   3. Having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians: throwaway children living on the streets.
2. Written or delivered in a low-key or offhand manner: "a sentence fragment or quirky throwaway metaphor" (Joyce Carol Oates).

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets
  Synonyms: street arab, gamin

Meaning #2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
  Synonyms: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer

Meaning #3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

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The adjective throwaway has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: thrown away
  Synonyms: cast-off, discarded, thrown-away

Meaning #2: intended to be thrown away after use

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sagt nonchalant
n. - reklametryksag

Nederlands (Dutch)
wegwerp-

Français (French)
adj. - jetable, de consommation, désinvolte, à l'emporte-pièce
n. - jetable

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wegwerfartikel
adj. - Wegwerf-, Einweg-, beiläufig (gesprochen)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φεϊγβολάν, (αντικείμενο) μιας χρήσεως
adj. - για πέταμα, μιας χρήσεως, αδιάφορος, τυχαίος

Italiano (Italian)
volantino, battuta minore, disinvolto, da scartare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - volante (m), folheto de propaganda (m)
adj. - descartável

Русский (Russian)
предмет разового пользования (газета, памфлет и т.д.), замечание, шутка, брошенные мимоходом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desechable, para tirar
n. - prospecto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - engångsartikel
adj. - engångs-, slit och släng, helt apropå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使用后抛弃的, 广告传单, 宣传小册子, 散单

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使用後拋棄的
n. - 廣告傳單, 宣傳小冊子, 散單

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 은근 슬쩍 말하는, 쓰고 버리는
n. - 광고, 전단, 넌지시 하는 말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ちらし
adj. - 使い捨ての, さりげない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اعلان يوزع باليد, نشرة مجانيه (صفه) مصنوع خصيصا للرمي بعد الاستعمال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לשימוש חד-פעמי, מובע כלאחר יד‬
n. - ‮עלון-פרסומת‬

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