rejects
Refuses to accept
Rejects are things or people that have been refused, discarded, or deemed unacceptable.
Factory rejects are products that fail quality standards.
Social rejects are people excluded from groups: The lunch table was full of misfits and rejects.
As a verb (re-JECT), to reject is to refuse or dismiss: She rejected his proposal, The body rejected the transplant.
Socially rejected individuals
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- black sheepDisreputable family member
- outsidersThose not belonging
untouchables · persona non grata · castoffs · exiles · castaways · loners · ne'er-do-wells · undesirables
Reject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- debrisScattered broken fragments
scrap · junk · litter · detritus · dregs · dross · chaff · offal
Time units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- defectsFaults or imperfections
- cullsSelective removals
- castoffsAbandoned possessions
factory seconds · damaged goods · overstock · returns · unsold · clearance · remainders · surplus
Refusals to acknowledge
- rebuffsRejects bluntly or dismissively
- turndownsActs of refusing
- vetoesFormally rejects proposed laws
- noesPlural of refusal
nays · declinations · brush-offs · cold shoulders · dismissals · snubs · spurnings · repudiations
pariahs
Socially rejected individuals
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- black sheepDisreputable family member
outsiders · untouchables · persona non grata · castoffs · exiles · castaways · loners · ne'er-do-wells · undesirables · losers
refuse
Reject or garbage
debris · scrap · junk · litter · detritus · dregs · dross · chaff · offal · spoilage
seconds
Time units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- defectsFaults or imperfections
- cullsSelective removals
castoffs · factory seconds · damaged goods · overstock · returns · unsold · clearance · remainders · surplus · excess inventory
denials
Refusals to acknowledge
noes · nays · declinations · brush-offs · cold shoulders · dismissals · snubs · spurnings · repudiations · nixes
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- castoffsdiscards, throwaways, hand-me-downs, hand-me-down, junk
- disagree verbsdenies, opposes, disputes, challenges, refutes
- Imperfect goodsseconds, irregulars, factory seconds, culls, damaged goods
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- fear of rejectionDread of being refused
- rejection letterWritten refusal notice
- organ rejectionBody fighting foreign tissue
- social rejectionExclusion by one's peers
- transplant rejectionImmune attack on implanted tissue
- rejection slipWritten refusal from publisher
reject, rejected, rejection, rejecting, rejecters, rejecter, rejector, rejectionist, rejectionists