Plume doubters, meanwhile, argued that the hypothesis was unscientific if no evidence could persuade its advocates to discard it.
If an apple or a pear was past its best, he saw no reason to discard it.
Earlier this year, ACT admitted the limited predictive validity of its Compass placement test, and decided to discard it.
If this decision is positive, that is, if the singular conclusions turn out to be acceptable, or verified, then the theory has, for the time being, passed its test: we have found no reason to discard it.
Perhaps it's time to discard it — the deer head, not the sentiment.
But I'm happy to discard it and move on to the next.
Even the packaging was so beautiful that I couldn't bring myself to discard it.
Do not attempt to discard it in a slag pile, bog, recycling receptacle, or mine pit.
He is jealous of her social position, and bitter at the flippancy with which she is willing to discard it.
The fact that they use this data to provide 'targeted advertising' and claim to discard it afterwards is irrelevant.
And she has to bear in mind that they embarked on reform to preserve that position, not to discard it.
