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Wastepaper is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Wastepaper in a sentence

Wastepaper meaning

Unwanted paper that has been discarded.

Using Wastepaper

  • The main meaning on this page is: Unwanted paper that has been discarded.
  • In the example corpus, wastepaper often appears in combinations such as: wastepaper basket.

Context around Wastepaper

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

confidential 1×

Often after:

basket 2× bin 1×

Sentence patterns with Wastepaper

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

empty the wastepaper basket to 1× in a wastepaper basket three 1× s confidential wastepaper bin 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a colleague who 1× hey they found 1× i ll probably 1×

Common sentence endings:

confidential wastepaper bin 1× name military ballot 1× of my signature 1×

Words around Wastepaper

Just before it in the word index:

wastemoreland 2 wasteless 2 wastelands 17 wastelanders 5 wasteland 119 wastegate 9

Just after it in the word index:

waster 6 wasters 7 wasterwater 2 wastes 183 wasteserv 3 wastewater 469

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Wastepaper

  • In this selection, "wastepaper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, confidential, basket and bin stand out and add context to how "wastepaper" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include empty the wastepaper basket to and in a wastepaper basket three. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wastepaper" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wastepaper

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A colleague who took that reading testified it had been disposed of in the unit’s confidential wastepaper bin. (19 words)

Hey, they found ballots in a wastepaper basket three days ago and they all had the name military ballot. (19 words)

I’ll probably never confiscate a phone again, or discover a secret second phone and wearily confiscate that too, or empty the wastepaper basket to find it full of unnervingly good imitations of my signature. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

I’ll probably never confiscate a phone again, or discover a secret second phone and wearily confiscate that too, or empty the wastepaper basket to find it full of unnervingly good imitations of my signature. (35 words)

A colleague who took that reading testified it had been disposed of in the unit’s confidential wastepaper bin. (19 words)

Hey, they found ballots in a wastepaper basket three days ago and they all had the name military ballot. (19 words)

Example sentences (3)

A colleague who took that reading testified it had been disposed of in the unit’s confidential wastepaper bin.

I’ll probably never confiscate a phone again, or discover a secret second phone and wearily confiscate that too, or empty the wastepaper basket to find it full of unnervingly good imitations of my signature.

Hey, they found ballots in a wastepaper basket three days ago and they all had the name military ballot.

Common combinations with wastepaper

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wastepaper" in a sentence?
An example: "A colleague who took that reading testified it had been disposed of in the unit’s confidential wastepaper bin." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "wastepaper" from authentic English texts.
What does "wastepaper" mean?
Wastepaper means: Unwanted paper that has been discarded.
How many example sentences with "wastepaper" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "wastepaper", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.