dross
/drɔs/
noun
- Waste or impure material that rises to the surface of molten metal; scum.
- During refining, dross is removed to leave pure silver.
- The factory recycled the dross from the smelting process.
- The blacksmith skimmed the dross off the melted iron.
- Something worthless, trivial, or of low quality.
- He sifted through the dross of old magazines to find a rare photograph.
- Most of the articles online are dross, but a few are worth reading.
- The movie was entertaining, but the sequel was pure dross.
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