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Plural of refusal

regular plural

The plural of refusal is refusals.

Forms of refusal

Singularrefusal /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/
Pluralrefusals
Countablecountable and uncountable

Refusals in a sentence

  • In this totally unexhaustive list, we bring you some of the most controversial manglings and refusals.2015 September 16, Damien Gayle, “To sing or not to sing: a history of national anthem gaffes”, in The Guardian. From the entry unexhaustive
  • She obtruded herself upon the Queen; she protested her party views; she asked for petty favours, and attributed the refusals to the influence of Abigail.1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times, volume II. From the entry obtrude
  • If the decision is made to replace any of the refusals with the holdback sample, then all of the holdback sample must be used to maintain a probability sample.2018, Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, Gary T. Henry, Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, page 280. From the entry holdback
  • Refusals, or unobtainables, are difficult to predict, but seem to be affected by the nature of the respondent, the sponsorship of the study, and the nature of the questions.1975, Gerald Zaltman, Philip Burger, Marketing research: fundamentals and dynamics, page 293. From the entry unobtainable

Meaning of refusal

  1. noun The act of refusing.
  2. noun Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.

Full definition of refusal

Questions about the plural of refusal

What is the plural of refusal?
The plural of refusal is refusals.
Is refusal countable?
Refusal is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refusal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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