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rejects

rejects is the plural of reject.

rejects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reject.

Meaning of reject

Noun

reject (plural rejects)

  1. Something that is rejected.
    • Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127
    Synonyms:
    castaway
  2. (derogatory, slang) An unpopular person.
    Synonyms:
    outcast, castaway, alien
  3. (colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
    • In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6
  4. A rejected takeoff.
    Synonyms:
    RTO

See all 7 meanings of reject

Phrases with rejects

Questions about rejects

What is rejects the plural of?
Rejects is the plural of reject.

Words near rejects in the dictionary

  1. rejective
  2. rejectment
  3. rejectments
  4. rejector
  5. rejectors
  6. rejects
  7. rejerk
  8. rejerked
  9. rejerking
  10. rejerks
  11. rejet

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