rejected; rejecting; rejects
: a rejected person or thing
especially
: one rejected as not wanted, unsatisfactory, or not fulfilling requirements
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Examples of reject in a Sentence
Verb
My teacher rejected my excuse for being late.
The committee rejected my proposal.
The produce inspector rejected several crates of berries that had begun to grow mold.
The college rejects hundreds of applicants each year.
We rejected 5 of the 10 job applicants right away.
Noun
Stack the promising applications here, and put the rejects over there.
was the school reject as a child and has low self-esteem even today
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Verb
The whistleblower lawsuit, however, was allowed to move forward after the Texas Supreme Court rejected Paxton's appeal to kill the suit after his impeachment trial.
—Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
Led by the foul-mouthed and fouler-smelling Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the team of rejects consists of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) among others including newcomer, J.K. Coe (Thomas Brooke).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Reject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reject. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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reject
1 of 2 verb
re·ject
ri-ˈjekt 
1
: to refuse to admit, believe, or receive
2
: to throw away as useless or unsatisfactory
3
: to refuse to grant or consider
4
: to cause the rejection of by the immune system
the body of the patient started to reject the transplanted heart
reject
2 of 2 noun
re·ject
ˈrē-ˌjekt
: a rejected person or thing
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