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rubbishing

SayRUB-ish-ing/ˈɹʌbɪʃɪŋ/

2 meanings of rubbishing

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  1. 1
    verbcolloquialCommonwealthIrelandUK
    Present participle and gerund of rubbish. It is informal British English for saying something is worthless.

    The critics are rubbishing his new film.

    Stop rubbishing my cooking and just eat it!

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  2. 2
    adjectivedated
    Cheap, bad and not worth much.

    He spent his money on a rubbishing old car that broke down every week.

    The man was a fool to invest his money in such a rubbishing concern. They must have all been mad who did!
    1877, D. M. F. Walker, Loyal and TrueHere, rubbishing means worthless and of poor quality.

    Similarworthless, paltry, trifling, measly

    Oppositevaluable, worthwhile

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rubbishing is a form of rubbish

rubbish, verb: To say that someone or something is bad or worthless. Full entry

Forms
rubbishrubbishes he/she/itrubbishing -ing formrubbished past tense, past participle
Spelling
rubbish → rubbishing: add -ing

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