reject
noun
- something that does not have the quality or condition needed
verb
- to remove from consideration, dismiss, decline, rebuff, throw out, not accept (socially or medically)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒɛkt/ / [ˈɹʷɪi̯d͡ʒɛkt] / /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ / [ɹʷɪˈd͡ʒɛkt] / /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/
noun
Etymology: From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).
- Something that is rejected.
“Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.”
- An unpopular person.
- A rejected defective product in a production line.
“In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.”
- A rejected takeoff.
verb
Etymology: From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).
- To refuse to accept; to forswear.
“She even rejected my improved offer.”
“One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”
- To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- To refuse a romantic advance.
“I've been rejected three times this week.”
“It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit”