as in abandoned
left unoccupied or unused
picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it
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as in denied
to be unwilling to grant
rejected his request for time off
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as in refuted
to declare not to be true
I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered
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as in refused
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
rejected his marriage proposal
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Recent Examples of rejected
Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
The news caused Salesforce shares to surge as management rejected Wall Street’s narrative of sluggish revenue growth that’s been weighing on investor sentiment in 2025.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Then, on Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Israel's request for intervention.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
But since those 2022 protests, many women have rejected the hijab.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump, however, rejected the offers and cut off diplomacy with the South American nation.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Standing to her right, Gonzalez rejected the premise.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
The Royals have not made any major announcements about a future stadium site after, in 2024, Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax plan that would have helped fund a Royals move to the Crossroads.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Much of the derision was coming from the performers’ contemporaries — some of whom had rejected the invite on moral and political grounds, but many who were not actually invited to perform.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
Comey received a slight boost in his case to plead his innocence earlier this week when a judge rejected federal prosecutors’ effort to impose broad restrictions on the evidence Comey can access ahead of trial.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
The news caused Salesforce shares to surge as management rejected Wall Street’s narrative of sluggish revenue growth that’s been weighing on investor sentiment in 2025.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Then, on Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Israel's request for intervention.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
But since those 2022 protests, many women have rejected the hijab.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump, however, rejected the offers and cut off diplomacy with the South American nation.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Standing to her right, Gonzalez rejected the premise.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
The Royals have not made any major announcements about a future stadium site after, in 2024, Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax plan that would have helped fund a Royals move to the Crossroads.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Much of the derision was coming from the performers’ contemporaries — some of whom had rejected the invite on moral and political grounds, but many who were not actually invited to perform.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejected
Adjective
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Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The 29-year-old denied former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun three times in the first half.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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David denied the allegations at the time.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The couple has publicly refuted those claims, affirming the authenticity of their partnership.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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When rumors flew in the colonies that Franklin had personally designed the Stamp Act, William refuted the charges.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Any leftover fruit sitting at room temperature for over 2 hours should be discarded.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the trailer, it is shown that if you are caught indulging in a brief moment of pleasure, you are packed away into a human-sized cardboard box and quickly discarded into a heap of other passionate offenders.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Through more than a decade of running a business and raising a son, Whebbe and Paoli refused to give up on getting the Book Lady’s books into the hands of people who will love them.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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While thousands focused on the federal government at the rally, at least one woman seemed more concentrated on calling out how Attorney General Andrea Campbell has refused to enforce the legislative audit that state voters approved last November.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Just past the cattle-ranching town of Bridgeport in northern California, near the border of Nevada, this deserted mining community is frozen in time along its dusty desert road.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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To summarize, the protagonist, lost in hopeless days, eventually stumbles upon a deserted dance hall.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Ashley Toczylowski previously declined to comment on whether King is linked to the alleged harassing phone calls.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this year, winter storms dumped up to 3 feet of snow in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, floods inundated burn scar regions risking mudslides, and powerful thunderstorms spawned tornadoes from Texas to Oklahoma.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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With exactly 11 minutes remaining, Walker dumped a screen pass off to O’Brien.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Rejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejected. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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