Dumping ground

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A landfill.
  2. 2
    Any place where unwanted items are sent. figuratively

    "The Indian representative of a global trade union called IndustriALL warned that other clothes and accessories shipped overseas might also be radioactive because India has become a "dumping ground" for the West's hazardous waste."

  3. 3
    A presumably polyphyletic supraspecific taxon where species of unclear affinities are placed.

    "Several genera, e.g. Miltonia Lindl., Odontoglossum Kunth and Oncidium Sw., have historically been viewed as taxa of convenience and thus became dumping grounds for species of unclear relationships."

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graveyards

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"The Indian representative of a global trade union called IndustriALL warned that other clothes and accessories shipped overseas might also be radioactive because India has become a "dumping ground" for the West's hazardous waste."

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