Words / C2

DROS/drɒs/

Dross is waste matter; worthless leftover material: cut the dross, industrial dross. Rubbish (already in the dictionary) is everyday waste you throw away; superfluous (already in the dictionary) is extra in a useless way. Germane (already in the dictionary) is on the point — the contrast. To waste (already in the dictionary) is the everyday verb of using badly. Adjectives in the abstract are not a sample size.

Meaning

Waste matter; worthless leftover material.

Examples

• “Dross in the abstract is not a sample-size sentence.”
• “Rubbish is everyday waste (already in A2). Superfluous is useless extra (already in C2). Germane is on the point (already in C2) — the contrast. A short true sentence can still be presentable. A swell of leftovers that never states the n is branding. Write the number; then the slag.”

Good to know

Worthless leftover; waste. Everyday: rubbish (already in this dictionary). Close: superfluous (already in C2). Contrast: germane (already in C2). Leftovers ≠ an n.

Near in meaning

waste, rubbish, slag, refuse

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