nonacceptances

noun

plural of nonacceptance
as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for the university's nonacceptance of my application for admission was accompanied by considerable regret, if you believe the rejection letter

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  1. refusals
  2. rejections
  3. denials
Noun
  • Despite president Florentino Perez and general manager Jose Angel Sanchez’s refusals to sign him in recent months, this change of heart among Madrid’s key figures was something the supporters had been calling for.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The models were tested with reduced cyber refusals, allowing researchers to measure their maximum capabilities without the production safeguards normally designed to block high-risk cyber activity.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of refusals
Noun
  • These June 30 rejections include supplemental health benefits, a night shift differential, geographic pay differential, a recruitment and retention proposal, seniority differential and overtime meal benefits, according to the complaint.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Blue Film shot back in 2024 and went through waves of rejections from various festivals as Tuttle completed postproduction.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of rejections
Noun
  • State law requires housing providers to justify such denials by identifying a connection between the crime and the applicant’s suitability as a tenant.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Many families face significant barriers to obtaining testing, including long waitlists, limited access to genetics specialists, insurance denials and uncertainty about which tests to order and when.
    — Eliza Goldwasser, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of denials
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