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Makulatur.

spoilage, misprinted paper

9 characters4 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/makulaˈtuːr/[ˌma.ku.laˈtu(ː)ɐ̯][-kʊ-]
  1. spoilage, misprinted paper

    feminine
  2. synonym of Altpapier (“wastepaper, used paper”)

    archaic · dialectal · feminine
  3. something irrelevant, meaningless, worthless

    feminine · figuratively
    Durch die neuesten Entwicklungen sind all diese Beschlüsse bereits Makulatur.
    Der Treffer zum 1:3 in der Nachspielzeit war nur noch Makulatur.
Where this word comes from

Ca. 1500, a learned borrowing from Latin maculātūra in the context of printing.

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