Definitions

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  • noun A person who has been rejected

Etymologies

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reject +‎ -ee

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Examples

  • Thus, a rejection for a job rarely actually means that the "rejectee" would not be able to do that job pretty well.

    CHE > Latest news 2010

  • -- "Bachelor" Season 14 castoff Elizabeth and "Bachelorette" Season 5 rejectee Jesse K. had a recent fling that has left Elizabeth head-over-heels and Jesse K. thinking they're "just friends ... but I'm kind of getting the impression that she thinks of us as more."

    TV preview of 'Bachelor Pad' on ABC 2010

  • I know he was on a network athletic competition show, and a rejectee on The Dating Game.

    Battle of the Network Stars! 2009

  • I know he was on a network athletic competition show, and a rejectee on The Dating Game.

    Battle of the Network Stars! 2009

  • I know he was on a network athletic competition show, and a rejectee on The Dating Game.

    February 2009 2009

  • The point is that under the system I am teaching you in this book, you are the rejector, not the rejectee.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

  • When dealing with rejection, people should always try to put themselves in the other person's shoes - whether they are the rejector or the rejectee.

    Freedom of Speech vs Article Rejection 2008

  • The point is that under the system I am teaching you in this book, you are the rejector, not the rejectee.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

  • See, in every hookup there is a rejecter and a rejectee.

    The Hookup Handbook Andrea Lavinthal 2005

  • But by not calling you, he actually turned the tables and left you in the undesirable position of being the rejectee.

    The Hookup Handbook Andrea Lavinthal 2005

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