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trashify

trashify verb: to turn (something) into trash; to lower the quality of.

Verb

trashify (third-person singular simple present trashifies, present participle trashifying, simple past and past participle trashified)

  1. (informal, transitive) To turn (something) into trash; to lower the quality of.
    • Today many people are cheapening themselves, devaluating their lives, trashifying their characters. They have strayed from and lost the high regard for themselves.1964 March 14, J. Donald Backenstose, “This Week's Meditation…: On Having a High Regard for Yourself”, in Lebanon Daily News, volume 92, number 161, Lebanon, Pa., page 4
    • Trashify all reports with irrelevant data, maps, charts, and computer readouts.1999, James H. Boren, How to be a Sincere Phoney: A Handbook for Politicians and Bureaucrats, Tahlequah, OK; Delaplane, VA: Birdcage Publications; EPM Custom Books, →ISBN, page 171

Forms of trashify

third-person singular presenttrashifies
present participletrashifying
past participletrashified
pasttrashified

Origin of trashify

From trash + -ify.

Words formed from trashify

Questions about trashify

What does trashify mean?
Trashify means to turn (something) into trash; to lower the quality of.
What part of speech is trashify?
Trashify is a verb.
What is the past tense of trashify?
The past tense of trashify is trashified.

Words near trashify in the dictionary

  1. trashiest
  2. trashification
  3. trashifications
  4. trashified
  5. trashifies
  6. trashify
  7. trashifying
  8. Trashigang
  9. trashily
  10. trashiness
  11. trashinesses

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