Bahasa Melayu

sampah

Bahasa Melayu

English

social outcast, the dregs of society

A negative term for people seen as the worst or most rejected in society.

سمڤه

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Dia tidak suka menghina orang lain sebagai sampah masyarakat.

    He does not like insulting others by calling them the dregs of society.

  2. Kita tidak patut memandang sesiapa sebagai sampah masyarakat.

    We should not look at anyone as a social outcast.

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sampah masyarakat

A strongly negative phrase for a rejected social group.

Word family

Common derived forms

menyampah
to feel disgusted; to feel repulsed

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.