rubbish

/ˈrʌbɪʃ/ noun [U] mainly UK

Definition

WASTE › things that you throw away because you do not want them: Our rubbish gets collected on Thursdays. a rubbish dump/bin

NONSENSE › something that is nonsense or wrong: Ignore him, he's talking rubbish.

BAD QUALITY informal › something that is of bad quality: There's so much rubbish on TV.

(Definition of rubbish noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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