Definition

Noun: 1. Waste, trash, rubbish: Refers to something considered worthless, useless, or to be discarded. It implies an object or person has no value or utility. 2. Good-for-nothing, worthless person (derogatory, vulgar): A strong, insulting term used to describe a person seen as utterly useless, corrupt, or a failure in multiple aspects.

Usage Examples

• (Don't throw that shirt away, it's not trash.)
• (This junk should be taken to the dump.)
• (He's just a good-for-nothing, can't accomplish anything.)
• (His parents already consider him worthless scum.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is highly derogatory and vulgar when applied to a person. Its use expresses extreme contempt, anger, or disappointment.
• It can be used as a standalone exclamation of disgust: "Đồ bỏ!" ("You worthless piece of trash!").

Variants and Related Words

• Đồ phế thải (noun): Scrap, waste material (more neutral, often for industrial/technical contexts).
• Rác (noun): Garbage, litter (the common word for physical waste).
• Vô dụng (adjective): Useless, incompetent (less vulgar than "đồ bỏ" when describing a person).

Synonyms

• Rác rưởi (noun): Garbage, trash (can also be used metaphorically for a person).
• Đồ vô dụng (noun): Useless thing/person.
• Đồ hư hỏng (noun): Spoiled/corrupt thing/person.
• Bỏ đi (adjective, colloquial): Literally "to be thrown away," meaning worthless.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• (coi/ xem như) đồ bỏ: To (consider/regard as) trash.
  • Anh ta coi những lời khuyên của tôi như đồ bỏ. (He regards my advice as worthless trash.)
• Đồ bỏ đi: A slightly more colloquial variant with the same meaning.
  • Cái máy tính đồ bỏ đi này lại hỏng rồi. (This worthless computer is broken again.)

noun

1. waste, abundancy