deselecting

verb

present participle of deselect
as in refusing
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 Synonyms for deselecting
  1. refusing
  2. rejecting
  3. declining
  4. ignoring
  5. avoiding
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  • The news comes amid ongoing tensions as the war in Iran persists, with Trump refusing a deal with Iran to open the Strait as recently as Saturday, impacting the world's oil supply.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In September 1644, Suffolk housewife Thomasine Stott was arrested for refusing to go to her state church.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of refusing
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  • The former special counsel also cited former Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to go along with a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election by rejecting the electoral votes of battleground states that Biden won.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout this same time, Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse also continued to wear the Air Force 1 High sneakers while playing in the NBA — rejecting modern technology in favor for in-game footwear that was already two decades old.
    — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of rejecting
Verb
  • Local officials and school leaders have linked the shortage of family housing to declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • And the Civilian Oversight Commission filed suit against the department in June for declining to provide certain records related to three cases of use of force the commission issued subpoenas for in February 2025.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • Instead of ignoring the noise and letting the backlash blow over, Espinal showed up to the set and posted a video explaining to New Yorkers why, in the long term, productions like this are a boon to the city and its inhabitants.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Also, one of the biggest risks in using generic off-the-shelf AI for abstracting real estate documents is that the AI model can produce and fill in a plausible value, ignoring what the source supports.
    — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ignoring
Verb
  • The growing range of treatment options marks a shift from seeking a cure to focusing on avoiding the disease entirely.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • These are the transition costs buried inside the transformation of our energy and food systems, of avoiding those future degrees of warming.
    — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of avoiding
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“Deselecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deselecting. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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