rubbish

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rub|bish /r'ʌbɪʃ/ (rubbishes rubbishing rubbished)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Rubbish consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty tins and bottles, and waste food. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use garbage, trash)
...unwanted household rubbish...
= refuse
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you think that something is of very poor quality, you can say that it is rubbish. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He described her book as absolute rubbish.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you think that an idea or a statement is foolish or wrong, you can say that it is rubbish. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
He's talking rubbish...
These reports are total and utter rubbish.
= nonsense
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, usu ADJ at n
If you think that someone is not very good at something, you can say that they are rubbish at it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He was rubbish at his job...
I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish.
≠ great
5 [VERB] V n
If you rubbish a person, their ideas or their work, you say they are of little value. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use trash)
Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents...

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