rejected

adjective

re·​ject·​ed ri-ˈjek-təd 

1

: not given approval or acceptance

a rejected lover

feeling lonely and rejected

2

medical : marked by or exhibiting immunological rejection (see rejection sense 1b)

… one patient received a second kidney (from his mother) after removal of a rejected kidney …

—G. Lecatsas et al.

Synonyms

• abandoned
• derelict
• deserted
• desolate
• disused
• forgotten
• forsaken
• vacant
• vacated
• void

Examples of rejected in a Sentence

picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rejected

• affected
• bisected
• collected
• connected
• corrected
• defected
• deflected
• dejected
• detected
• directed
• dissected
• effected