v. Simple past tense and past participle of reject.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Thrown back: in entomology, noting the scutellum when it is exteriorly visible, but lies between the pronotum and the elytra, instead of between the bases of the latter, as in the coleopterous genus Passalus.
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adj. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
Word Usage
"It was supposed to be released by Warner Music Group's Reprise Records, but the label rejected it."