Scrapheap definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Reusing a puffing and wheezing old computer by installing a minimal GNU / Linux distro and staving off the day when it trudges forlornly to the scrapheap is at least a baby step in the right direction. several makers of Linux-based thin-client devices have begun touting their devices as environmentally-friendly alternatives to standard desktop PCs.

—Boycott Novell - Recent changes [en]

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noun A pile or heap of waste material.
noun A place for discarding useless or worthless material.

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Low power, low speed, short distance: ZigBee: This technology, ZigBee, had fallen entirely off my radar months ago, as I figured it was another for the scrapheap of history. — Wi-Fi Networking News
There is anger everywhere at the way bosses have thrown people on the scrapheap - and the way the government continues to prioritise bankers over workers. — Socialist Worker (Britain)
All I see happening is overpaying for mediocrity, picking up busts from the scrapheap, and thinking, "I'm so much smarter than the other NFL minds that I can find a good lineman in the lower rounds or as an undrafted free agent." — Thoughts from the Dark Side
I have been thinking for some time that a nation that manufactures nothing is heading for the scrapheap. — Belmont Club
Well, not intentionally but the lifecycle of a machine running Windows must be shorter than that of a conscientious Linux user who can prevent that old 400MHZ Celeron PC with 128MBs of memory gathering dust in the corner from heading for the scrapheap. — Boycott Novell - Recent changes [en]