Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being rejected; worthy or suitable to be rejected. Also
rejectible .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be
rejected .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Casting things aside, disposing of things, living a life that viewed the material world as ephemeral, disposable, transitory, rejectable was to deny relationship with things, to insist upon a lifeworld based on mastery over things, a lifeworld based on putting-things-to-service and then casting-them-aside.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
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But on Thursday, an official said that while there are "bits and pieces" that seem dubious, they are "not rejectable but simply questionable."
Holder defends decision to read Miranda rights to Shahzad, cites his continuing cooperation 2010
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It's therefore rejectable from a strict methodological standpoint.
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Incredibles blew chunks, Robots was rejectable, The Wild was Madagascar meets Lion King, unoriginal and only 'cute' at best, Ice Age 2 was passable, like a soft fart, slightly amusing but forgettable.
dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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So, your null hypothesis is rejectable at the 3 percent level.
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An observation I've made before but reading slush has really driven home to me is how many rejectable stories rush to familiarity.
Editing Report #6: The Rush to Familiarity jimvanpelt 2007
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And in most how-to publications out there, the implication is that since the advice contained therein will elevate your query letter from rejectable to irresistible in a few easy steps, there is no need to consider the possibility that a good writer might have to send quite a few of them out.
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It wasn't that it was all bad--although heavens knows that over half the stuff was immediately rejectable--but that so little of it stood out.
What I Learned from Reading Slush jimvanpelt 2007
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Literally: as soon as the first few sentences of a rejectable piece hit the retina of a screener, that manuscript is toast.
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And in most how-to publications out there, the implication is that since the advice contained therein will elevate your query letter from rejectable to irresistible in a few easy steps, there is no need to consider the possibility that a good writer might have to send quite a few of them out.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » A final word on queries 2007
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