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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unreject en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + reject.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the rejection of; to accept back.
    • Karlan and Zinman, the ones who later wrote “Lying about Borrowing,” persuaded lenders in South Africa and the Philippines to randomly “unreject” some people who had applied for loans. No one was randomly rejected. 2012, David Roodman, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry Into Microfinance, page 157:
    • As with favorites, you can unreject a rejected selection by selecting it and then clicking the Unmark Selection button I just mentioned. 2009, Christopher Breen, The Flip Mino Pocket Guide, page 117:
    • If you want to unreject an image, select it and set its rating to something other than rejected, be it unrated or one to five stars. 2010, Josh Anon, Ellen Anon, Aperture 3 Portable Genius:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unrejected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unrejected Tense=Past lexicographic
unrejecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unrejects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic