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spurned

[spurnd]

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adjective

treated or rejected with scorn or contempt.
It should be instructive to us that some of the spurned recommendations were very effective when belatedly implemented years after they were made.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of spurn.

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Other Word Forms

unspurned adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spurned¹

spurn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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In remarks at the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, Trump sounded a bit like a spurned lover.

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Amid an obsession with low-fat diets in the 1980s, avocados were spurned by many — even though their fats are mostly unsaturated.

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Could the spurned prime minister respond with a more aggressive military operation in Gaza?

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The lead detective in the case said he did not think "this is the case of a spurned lover in any way".

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Anscombe kicked the hosts' first points before Wales spurned a try opportunity when Tomos Williams dropped a pass from Morgan, which in any case might have been forward.

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