rejecting (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /rɪˈdʒɛktɪŋ/
Definition
Refusing to accept, consider, believe, or give effect to something.
Examples
The company is rejecting the union's demands for higher wages.
She felt like her ideas were constantly rejecting by her colleagues.
He was rejecting the notion that he had made a mistake.
How to Use rejecting
- reject something (prepositional phrase)
- To refuse to accept or consider something. — "The court rejected his appeal."
- reject someone (prepositional phrase)
- To refuse to accept a person into a group or relationship. — "She felt rejected by her family."
- rejecting of (prepositional phrase)
- The act of refusing something (used as a noun phrase). — "The rejecting of his ideas led to his resignation."
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