reject

reject someone or something out of hand

to reject someone or something without any thought or study. Fred is so contrary that they rejected him out of hand when his name came up for a committee position.

meals rejected by Ethiopians

n. military rations, MRE = meal ready to eat. (Cruelly designated at a time when Ethiopians where starving to death. Implying that not even starving humans would eat MREs. That said, it is also known that such rations have been rejected by hungry people who desire more familiar food.) The reporter was embarrassed to describe the MREs as “meals rejected by Ethiopians.”

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gretchen	['gretʃən]
CÁIt	KAHT, KOIT, KAYT	Irish
Ipatiy	-	Russian (Rare)
Ananda	-	Tamil
Umukoro	-	Western African, Urhobo
Claudia	KLAW-dee-ə (English), KLOW-dee-ah (German, Dutch), KLOW-dyah (Italian, Spanish, Romanian)	English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman