weed out

verb

weeded out; weeding out; weeds out

: to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group

They will review the applications to weed out the less qualified candidates.

Examples of weed out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a personalist system, leadership prizes loyalty, China expert Minxin Pei told The Beijing Brief podcast, with the consequence that strong figures — potential successors — tend to get weeded out. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Any insertions that have large, immediate, and potentially negative effects on an organism are usually rapidly weeded out by natural selection. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Consider its waiver, then, not just a warning but an attempt to weed out those who may be offended or triggered. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

In theory, a trial is great for checking a candidate’s skills and collaboration style while weeding out folks who are just really good at interviewing. — Matty Merritt, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for weed out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout