rejectable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rejectable (not comparable)
- That can be rejected.
- Antonym: acceptable
- 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 142:
- But Diana hadn’t offered anything rejectable yet. Nothing but the most generic friendship.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rejectable (plural rejectables)
- Someone or something fit to be rejected.
- Antonym: acceptable
- 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:
- Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.
- 1982, R. D. Agarwal, Organization and Management, page 531:
- It is concerned with establishing tolerances, conducting inspections and tests of materials, processes and products, separating acceptable units from rejectables, […]