Meaning

Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.
2. Having been fired or let go; having had one's employment terminated.
3. Used to indicate that an interaction is at an end and that the listener should leave.
4. simple past and past participle of dismiss

Example Sentences

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.

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.

And maybe Hazira was always going to be a gooey marshland, but that doesn't mean you entice the nation's poorest and most dismissed groups to live there.

Since this time BPG factory management have reneged on this agreement and stated they will only reemploy the dismissed workers at a separate facility — an hour away from the current one, an offer rejected by the workers, who have the right to return to the same factory and to their previous positions.

Future studies can examine its other antecedents and its consequences to both the firm and to the dismissed CEO.

During the notice period all dismissed employees – regardless of whether the dismissals was due to economic reasons or incompetence – are entitled to a minimum of two hours per week to search for employment.

Word Forms

• more dismissed
• most dismissed

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When Should You Use Dismissed?

Use dismissed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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