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adjective

ri-ˈjek-təd How to pronounce rejected (audio)
Definition of rejectednext
as in abandoned
left unoccupied or unused picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it

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rejected

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verb

past tense of reject
1
as in denied
to be unwilling to grant rejected his request for time off

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2
as in refuted
to declare not to be true I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that

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3
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered

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4
as in refused
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to rejected his marriage proposal

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Recent Examples of rejected
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The Offer At My Front Door During my time on the council, a developer appealed to us after the planning board rejected his plan for condos overlooking the largest lake in town. — Jim Carlough, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The bill is due before lawmakers on Tuesday, after the finance committee rejected it. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Investors can anchor to $285, the low the market rejected and the higher low the whole uptrend rests on. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 There has been little said publicly about negotiations via mediators after Trump rejected an Iranian proposal last month to end the war and fully open the Strait of Hormuz within a week if Washington met certain conditions like lifting the blockade. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot, like Netanyahu, has rejected Palestinian statehood, and any opposition coalition would include right-wing parties resistant to any concession. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 There is far less pronounced agreement on restarting peace talks with the Palestinians; three-quarters of those surveyed rejected the idea. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 In 2025, Putin offered to host Zelenskyy for talks in Moscow, but the Ukrainian president rejected the invitation as Russian forces continued attacking Ukraine. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Trump’s claims have been rejected by the courts and even since his return to the White House in 2025 no evidence of widespread fraud has been surfaced. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejected
  1. abandoned
  2. denied
  3. refuted
  4. discarded
  5. refused
  6. deserted
  7. declined
  8. dumped
Adjective
  • By the time viewers reach hour 15, the staff has spent an entire shift navigating a cyberattack that forces the emergency department to abandon digital systems, a nonstop influx of Fourth of July emergencies and an abandoned baby.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of abandoned
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  • Opposition activists have accused Venezuela's government of blocking Machado's return, a claim denied by Venezuelan authorities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Opposition activists have accused Venezuela’s government of blocking Machado’s return, a claim denied by Venezuelan authorities.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of denied
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  • Ramaswamy has also refuted allegations his fortune came from misleading investors.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But Wright, the center’s attorney, refuted this, telling The Times that two investigations were done by independent third parties.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of refuted
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  • Individual containers of food were not marked to indicate the food items to be discarded under time as public health control.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Not just dead satellites and discarded rocket stages, but millions of tiny fragments travelling at enormous relative velocities.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of discarded
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  • In the criminal complaint, the officer alleges Bowman pulled his hands away and refused commands to put them behind his back.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, which Macron refused.
    — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of refused
Adjective
  • The suitcase containing her body was found soon afterward by railway tracks in a deserted area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Supporting this theory, the population of Lauriacum increased threefold over the next fifty years, with the deserted settlement now being used as a quarry.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of deserted
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  • But Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, widely viewed as a potential top contender for the position, has declined to pledge not to run.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Aguilar declined to take the rest of the day off but then activated the fire alarm system after the meeting and tried to leave the building.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of declined
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  • For all the money that's been dumped into the program, that's not good enough.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In the aftermath of allegations from Wood and then others, Manson was dumped by CAA as a client and lost acting roles in American Gods and Creepshow.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Rejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejected. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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