dumping ground

noun

: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent

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Here are our best tips and ideas on how to make a drop zone that doesn't feel like a dumping ground. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026 The oversize entry foyer could easily work as a home office or a dumping ground for the day’s odds and ends. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 6 Apr. 2026 What used to seem a dumping ground for the league’s less-than-elite matchups is now in Week 16 one of the most important games of the year. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025 And the org compounds the problem by treating AI as a dumping ground, generating slop faster than anyone can sort it. — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 The site in Apollo was a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure shared by six states and the District of Columbia, and it has been treated like a dumping ground for too long. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dumping ground was in 1857

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