ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dismissed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dɪsˈmɪst/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Dismissed is an adjective meaning Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.

Meaning

Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.

More Meanings

  1. Having been fired or let go; having had one's employment terminated.
  2. Used to indicate that an interaction is at an end and that the listener should leave.
  3. simple past and past participle of dismiss

Example Sentences

I was tearing up, feeling completely out of control, very dismissed.
The more generic you are when you communicate with someone, the more dismissed they feel.
Future studies can examine its other antecedents and its consequences to both the firm and to the dismissed CEO.
Eve and the "concrete woman" are no more dismissed than Adam and the "concrete man" but are represented as capable of being converted and saved.

Synonyms for dismissed

Depending on context, synonyms include unemployed, fired, laid-off, discharged.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discharged, fired, laid-off, unemployed, abandoned, accepted.

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