reject

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And I always respected that, and it sucked to reject even the worst.

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Quick take

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of reject gathered in one view.

noun

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

verb

refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reject.

noun

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

verb

refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

verb

deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

verb

reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

See also: spurn, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain

verb

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

verb

refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

verb

dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

Example sentences

And I always respected that, and it sucked to reject even the worst.

Then when nobody or only fraudulent people apply, they reject them all and claim a skills shortage.

These were people who DID something with their time, and I hated hated hated sending the rejection emails.

And, in the spirit of the project, they'll reject all pull requests with a patronizing response about the way things are.[1][2]1.

Who says it isn't policy to reject RMAs when another OS has been installed, and they only back down if someone creates a scene?

People don't get rejected because they ARE Asian - it's usually the lack of differentiation.

If you're borderline between "admit" and "reject," you will usually be rejected or waitlisted.

I'm not sure what the right one is, and on that front I applaud them for experimenting, but as a customer I personally reject it.

I went through the same series of phone interviews, culminating in an on-site in NYC. I left there feeling largely positive about my chances, but a few days later, I was politely rejected.

I reject that set of skills not because I don't value communicating, but because I think it's a terrible way of communicating.

"So a lot of qualified asians get rejected because their admission officer can't find enough good arguments for them.

The hiring committees recognize this tendency to reject qualified candidates and won't count you out after one try.

Their world view traps them right where they are and their rejection, resentment, and hostility to a better way of life creates their poverty and isolation.

A dear friend and excellent negotiator told me that when he gets any kind of short-term exploding offer, the first thing he does is verbally reject the deadline.

I feel for the parent who sees her daughter possibly reject a very fulfilling career path after a bad initial experience, when the future could be so much better.

Soon after, I was hired!It's actually very common for Google to reject candidates the first time around, as the interview process is deliberately tuned to produce a lot more false negatives than false positives.

People would tell me what a great job I did and praise the amount of time it must have taken, and while I'd smile nervously and modestly reject their attribution, I'd often be left silently thinking, "I don't think this was as difficult or took as long as you think it did.