Definition: 1. Refuse to accept or acknowledge. 2. Deem wrong or inappropriate. 3. Reject with contempt. 4. Refuse entrance or membership.
Use 'reject' in a sentence:
1. Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this identity out of the long-existing discrimination.
2. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a nonstarter.
3. Animals reject the runt of the litter.
4. Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.
5. The denial was limited to rejecting the construction put on his remarks.
6. You make friends with people and then make unreasonable demands so that they reject you.
7. What they are certainly not finding, however, is any change in attitude of mainstream scientists: most still totally reject the very idea of telepathy.
8. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities.
9. If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases—or hire outside screeners.
10. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes.
11. You're jealous because the record company rejected your idea.
12. When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless.
13. Japanese today find it's less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.
14. The Security Council has rejected the latest peace proposal.
15. Her enthusiasm is fading at the thought of how long that might take, just to have her kids reject it.
16. The working class has/ have rejected them in the elections.
17. One of my most able students was rejected by another university.
18. His idea was rejected as an irrelevance.
19. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn't reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman.
20. By contrast, he describes differentiation as a process whereby Israel came to reject its Canaanite roots and create a separate identity.
21. This means that people should avoid crisping their roast potatoes, reject thin-crust pizzas and only easily toast their bread.
22. She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.
23. The group rejects outright any negotiations with the government.
24. Mary rejected Tony's amorous advances.
25. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match.
26. We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending.
27. This means that people should avoid crisping their roast potatoes, reject thin—crust pizzas and only partially toast their bread.
28. You may choose to embrace dualism, reject the idea that the brain is responsible for mental life.
29. All our suggestions were rejected out of hand.
30. Perhaps I was too hasty in rejecting his offer.
31. There is always a chance that the body will reject the transplant.
32. I think the president was correct to reject the offer.
33. Of the 9,660 cases processed last year, only 10 per cent were totally rejected.
34. There seems to be a consensus that the plan should be rejected.
35. We should reject stereotypes, because they force all people in a group into the same simple pattern.
36. Patients often reject transplanted organs.
37. The patient's immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.
38. If they reject or ignore the initiative, the public will vote on it in November.
39. I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing.
40. I reject absolutely the notion that privatization of our industry is now inevitable.
41. His proposal that the system should be changed was rejected.
42. In fact it is simply shallow: the confused center is right to reject it.
43. She rejected the charge that the story was untrue.
44. He rejects the idea that his film is in bad taste.
45. I would reject that contention.
46. The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died.
47. The check shirt is a reject - too small.
48. It lies with you to accept or reject the proposals.
49. She peremptorily rejected the request.
50. Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal.
51. The government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high-speed railway.
52. The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
