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rejects

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɹidʒɛks// re·jects

n. things or people that are not accepted because they are not good enough or do not fit in. You use this for items that a factory cannot sell because they have mistakes.

n. items or individuals dismissed as inadequate or failing to meet specific standards. Often refers to manufactured goods that are discarded during quality control.


SIMPLE

The shop sells factory rejects at a very low price.

CONTEXTUAL

After the final inspection, the workers separated the rejects from the high-quality garments destined for the flagship store.

COMPLEX

While the artist's early works were considered rejects by the local galleries, they are now celebrated as the raw beginnings of a revolutionary style that challenged the era's rigid aesthetic standards.

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Usually used in the plural form when referring to manufactured goods or a group of people.

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