as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control
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Recent Examples of deselect
On a Mac, click on the Control Center, then click Screen Mirroring and deselect your iPad from the dropdown list.
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Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 10 May 2025
People will deselect brands that don’t.
—Jesper Brodin, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
To turn off a specific filter, tap Filtered by again, then deselect it.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
On the next page that appears, deselect the Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices option.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022
Click Edit and deselect the checkbox.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again).
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020
Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade.
—Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2018
Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 10 May 2025
People will deselect brands that don’t.
—Jesper Brodin, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
To turn off a specific filter, tap Filtered by again, then deselect it.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
On the next page that appears, deselect the Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices option.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022
Click Edit and deselect the checkbox.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again).
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020
Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade.
—Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deselect
Verb
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The search giant has refused to license content from news organizations and publishers, while other AI labs have done licensing deals.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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For Jordan, that battle has meant staying grounded in his faith and refusing to let the disease isolate him.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Democrats have long conceded that the party needs a new vision after voters soundly rejected their presidential ticket last fall, and internal squabbles about the party’s future have spilled out into the public.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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China has rejected the accusation and accused the Philippines of damaging the coral reef ecosystem in the waterway instead.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That many in the media have ignored the unit’s rise is an indictment.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Amid all its glorious and aesthetic architecture lies the massive environmental impact that cannot be ignored.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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That has declined over the years because of budget constraints.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Deselect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deselect. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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