cutting room
noun
: a room where film or videotape is edited —often used attributively in cutting-room floor to describe something removed or discarded in or as if in editing a film
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Waititi has confirmed that Jeff Goldblum and Peter Dinklage were originally supposed to return for a scene, and a scene with Game of Thrones star Lena Headey also wound up on the cutting room floor. 
Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 With just 32 spots available in USA TODAY Sports imagined National College Football League, some of the bigger and more successful programs in the Bowl Subdivision were bound to be left on the cutting room floor. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022 One tidbit left on the cutting room floor is how the fates of Caruso and Villanueva and the fates of Bass and former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna appear somewhat linked. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 Ultimately, the legislation was left on the table, but not the cutting room floor, Spilka said earlier this month. Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Though Carden was initially cast as a Deals Deals Deals employee for the pilot episode of Jacobson’s hit Comedy Central series, the scene was left on the cutting room floor. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2022 Were there any moments left on the cutting room floor? Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Still, the cutting room floor was littered with gold. Maryrose Wood, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Each of those teams would enjoy other quality rivalries, and the games left on the cutting room floor would occur in alternate years. Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 See More
Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 With just 32 spots available in USA TODAY Sports imagined National College Football League, some of the bigger and more successful programs in the Bowl Subdivision were bound to be left on the cutting room floor. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022 One tidbit left on the cutting room floor is how the fates of Caruso and Villanueva and the fates of Bass and former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna appear somewhat linked. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 Ultimately, the legislation was left on the table, but not the cutting room floor, Spilka said earlier this month. Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Though Carden was initially cast as a Deals Deals Deals employee for the pilot episode of Jacobson’s hit Comedy Central series, the scene was left on the cutting room floor. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2022 Were there any moments left on the cutting room floor? Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Still, the cutting room floor was littered with gold. Maryrose Wood, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Each of those teams would enjoy other quality rivalries, and the games left on the cutting room floor would occur in alternate years. Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1918, in the meaning defined above