Unwanted vs Reject - What's the difference?
unwanted | reject |
One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
* 1963 , The Nyasaland Journal (volumes 16-17, page 12)
* 1970 , Triumph (volumes 5-6, page 7)
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
As nouns the difference between unwanted and reject
is that unwanted is one who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable while reject is something that is rejected.As an adjective unwanted
is not wanted, welcome or acceptable.As a verb reject is
to refuse to accept.unwanted
English
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "unwanted" is often applied: effect, consequence, pregnancy, child, baby, person, guest, visitor, gift, thought, element, sound, sex, feature.Noun
(en noun)- What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities
- There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds . It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.
