Definition of "garbage"

The dissenting Christian Advocate asked (5 January 1835) how a cabinet composed of the very garbage of Toryism could be expected to share the spirit of Peel’s manifesto.

1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 103

Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket.

1962, Coach & Athlete, page 18

[…] the aging pro, in a much-heralded "boys against the girls" tennis match, annihilated Margaret Court with an array of "garbage shots and cotton balls."

1981, Update 1981: The Great Contemporary Issues, New York Times Company, page 78

I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.

1674, John Josselyn, Two Voyages to New England, Made During the Years 1638-63 (quoted in William Butts Mershon, The Passenger Pigeon, 1907, The Outing Publishing Company)

Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.

2009, David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips‎, page 8

half that shit you morons listen to with pride is totally garbage

2010, Nicholas Rombes, A Cultural Dictionary of Punk: 1974-1982

If you have been with a man for more than five years and both of you have not planned to marry one another, the relationship is completely garbage, and you can do but nothing with it more than having a sexual life with one another.

2011, Ezekiel Dayo Adetunji, Power in the Spoken Word!, page 110

The last time I had access to a therapist was 20 years ago, and that was a pretty garbage experience.

2021, Giselle Renarde, Play It On My Radio: A Diary In Music, page 309