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rejectable en · ADJ

Etymology

From reject + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That can be rejected.
    • But Diana hadn’t offered anything rejectable yet. Nothing but the most generic friendship. 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 142:

Antonyms

acceptable

Deriveds

unrejectable · rejectableness · irrejectable

Relateds

rejectability

rejectable en · NOUN

Etymology

From reject + -able.

Meanings

  1. Someone or something fit to be rejected.
    • Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth. 1941 July 4, Henry Klein, “The Dental Status and Dental Needs of Young Adult Males, Rejectable or Acceptable for Military Service, According to Selective Service Dental Requirements”, in Public Health Reports, volume 56, number 27, Washington, D.C.: United States Public Health Service, pages 1373–1374:
    • It is concerned with establishing tolerances, conducting inspections and tests of materials, processes and products, separating acceptable units from rejectables, […] 1982, R. D. Agarwal, Organization and Management, page 531:

Forms

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Antonyms

acceptable