throwaway

Something temporary and disposable, as:

Adjective

Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
- Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.
- More people means that more synthetic compounds and dangerous throwaway plastics are manufactured, many of which add to the growing toxification of the Earth. - 2021 January 13, Phoebe Weston, “Top scientists warn of...
Extemporaneous; off the cuff.
- The host made a throwaway remark about the president that was later repeated on the television news.
Given in a casual manner, either deliberately or unconsciously, with apparent disregard for effect.
- As the film opens, a martial-drum-dominated version of the "Star Wars" theme and the inevitable bottom-to-top print crawl inform us that the Clone Wars, a conflict that originated as a throwaway line in the original...
- I was intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake: "You flew the wing-five over Leningrad, didn't you?" It turns out to be just a throwaway line, but for a moment it worked like...
- In one throwaway visual gag, the towering filing cabinet behind his desk is shown to have no drawers at all, but several concealed mirrors instead. - 2021 February 5, Nicholas Barber, “The Great Dictator: The film that...

Etymology tree English throw awaydeverb. English throwaway Deverbal from throw away.

Something temporary and disposable, as:
- Some [of the essays] appeared originally in writer's^([sic]) forums and bookstore throwaways, others in more academic contexts […] - 2016, Dr Eric Murphy Selinger, Dr William A Gleason, Romance Fiction and American...
1. Any printed material that need not be kept after being read; especially, a flyer or brochure.
2. (Internet) A burner account.