re·ject·ed | \ ri-ˈjek-təd 
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\Definition of rejected
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.
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The first known use of rejected was in 1567
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