piece of junk

The phrase "piece of junk" is commonly used in informal contexts to describe objects or people of very low quality or value.

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Definition

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(informal, derogatory)An object that is of very low quality or value.

Example

  • This old car is a piece of junk; it breaks down all the time.

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(informal, derogatory)An item that is broken, malfunctioning, or no longer useful.

Example

  • I can't believe I spent money on this piece of junk; it stopped working after a week.

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(informal, derogatory)A term for something that is poorly made or in bad condition.

Example

  • The furniture we bought online turned out to be a piece of junk.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "piece of junk":

piece of garbagepiece of trashpiece of shitpiece of pooppile of crapjunk shoppiece of assload of crappiece of workpiece of goods