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rejection slips

rejection slips is the plural of rejection slip.

Meaning of rejection slip

Noun

rejection slip (plural rejection slips)

  1. A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.
    • The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.1909, Jack London, chapter 11, in Martin Eden

Questions about rejection slips

What is rejection slips the plural of?
Rejection slips is the plural of rejection slip.

Words near rejection slips in the dictionary

  1. rejection sampling
  2. rejection samplings
  3. rejection sensitivity
  4. rejection sensitivity dysphoria
  5. rejection slip
  6. rejection slips
  7. rejectional
  8. rejectionism
  9. rejectionist
  10. rejectionistic
  11. rejectionists

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