(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
Used in a Sentence
rejects
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rejects.
Editorial note
The issue with minimum wage isn't that it rejects supply-and-demand (that's simplistic thinking), it's that it is means-tested.
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of rejects gathered in one view.
(transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for rejects.
verb
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
verb
(transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
verb
(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
Example sentences
The issue with minimum wage isn't that it rejects supply-and-demand (that's simplistic thinking), it's that it is means-tested.
IBM would do their own 100% testing upon receipt, and they would still find a few rejects each month.
If they build units and the customer rejects them, they have to cover those material costs so they can repair or otherwise try again.
If A rejects the offer to stay then call employee B with the knowledge that B would have got fired if A had accepted.
Still strange when a country actively rejects a stretch of land.
That's why many of them were giant nerds and social rejects.
To trust such a company again, there would be a second set of privacy terms needed, that would be used for everybody that rejects the data collection.
When a client presents a 1.5MB block to both nodes, Node A rejects it for being too big but Node B accepts it for being small enough.
After deploying us in a factory you just don't encounter thousands of bad units because the factory is confirming against the exact acceptance procedure as you go (instead of build a lot, ship, customer receives and rejects).
Alas all good things must come to an end, as Mozilla rejects this outright and chastises google for their anti-web-progress ways and their secret JavaScript assassination plots.
This is really reckless, I hope the Greek government rejects this deal.
Dworkin rejects that interpretation of her writing.
Quote examples
For example: "It’s no surprise that the virtual world warehouses sexual rejects who couldn’t cut it in public where their ugliness means they’re not even in the running.
A materialist rejects "consciousness" as a fruitful term, observing that it often leads to confusion and non-sequiturs, as contradictions often do.
"Court OKs Airport Body Scanners, Rejects Constitutional Challenge" They're everywhere now!
I think the point he's making is that it isn't as though the European Parliament is "standing up against" the EU or whatever: the parliament is part of the EU; you could rewrite the headline as "EU rejects EU plan".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use rejects in a sentence?
The issue with minimum wage isn't that it rejects supply-and-demand (that's simplistic thinking), it's that it is means-tested.
What does rejects mean?
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
What part of speech is rejects?
rejects is commonly used as verb.