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drossy
dross D0398400 (drŏs, drôs)n.1. Waste or impure matter: discarded the dross after recycling the wood pulp.2. The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation.3. Worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter: "He was wide-awake and his mind worked clearly, purged of all dross" (Vladimir Nabokov).
[Middle English dros, from Old English drōs, dregs.]
dross′y adj.ThesaurusdrossyadjectiveLacking all worth and value:good-for-nothing, inutile, no-good, valueless, worthless.Informal: no-account.Slang: nothing.EncyclopediaSeedrossdrossy
Synonyms for drossyadj lacking all worth and valueSynonyms- good-for-nothing
- inutile
- no-good
- valueless
- worthless
- no-account
- nothing
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