reject

Universal Words verb, noun verb [VN] argument / idea / plan 1 to refuse to accept or consider sth: to reject an argument / a claim / a decision / an offer / a suggestion * The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system. * The proposal was firmly rejected. sb for job 2 to refuse to accept sb for a job, position, etc: Please reject the following candidates... * I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to. not use / publish 3 to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. sth because its quality is not good enough: Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control. new organ 4 (of the body) to not accept a new organ after a TRANSPLANT operation, by producing substances that attack the organ: Her body has already rejected two kidneys. not love 5 to fail to give a person or an animal enough care or affection: The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died. * When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless. rejection noun [U,C]: Her proposal met with unanimous rejection. * a rejection letter (= a letter in which you are told, for example, that you have not been accepted for a job) * painful feelings of rejection noun sth that cannot be used 1 something that cannot be used or sold because there is sth wrong with it person 2 a person who has not been accepted as a member of a team, society, etc: one of society's rejects