1. People or things that are rejected, discarded, or cast out; outcasts or rejects.
Usage: Usually plural; can refer to persons or objects deemed undesirable or inferior.
2. Waste material or byproducts removed or separated from a manufacturing or industrial process.
Usage: Technical or industrial context; often refers to scraps or surplus material.

Examples

• The offcasts from the textile factory were collected for recycling.
• He felt like one of society's offcasts after losing his job.
• The pottery workshop saved its offcasts to use in experimental glazes.
• Many offcasts from the mining operation were repurposed as construction material.
• The charity took in offcasts and strays from the neighborhood.
• Industrial offcasts can sometimes be more valuable than the primary product.