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reject

Syllabification: (re·ject)

Definition of reject

Pronunciation: /riˈjekt/

[with object]

dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste:union negotiators rejected a 1.5 percent pay increase
refuse to agree to (a request):an application to hold a pop concert at the club was rejected
fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:she didn’t want him to feel he had been rejected after his sister was born
Medicine show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive.

Pronunciation: /ˈrēˌjekt/

a person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes:some of the team’s rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

Derivatives

late Middle English: from Latin reject- 'thrown back', from the verb reicere, from re- 'back' + jacere 'to throw'

Definition of reject in the British & World English dictionary

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