unreject

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ reject

Verb[edit]

unreject (third-person singular simple present unrejects, present participle unrejecting, simple past and past participle unrejected)

  1. (transitive, rare) To undo the rejection of; to accept back.
    • 2009, Christopher Breen, The Flip Mino Pocket Guide, page 117:
      As with favorites, you can unreject a rejected selection by selecting it and then clicking the Unmark Selection button I just mentioned.
    • 2010, Josh Anon, Ellen Anon, Aperture 3 Portable Genius:
      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.
    • 2012, David Roodman, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry Into Microfinance, page 157:
      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.