Definition of "deselected" [deselected]

• Simple past tense and past participle of deselect. (verb)

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• "The tag buttons can be selected or deselected - in other words, clicking on a button will display it as on and clicking on a button that is already selected will turn it off."
• "The Bush administration's own office of professional responsibility issued a report that concluded that, in at least two known instances, candidates were "deselected" for consideration on the basis of their "political and ideological affiliations.""
• "Then, of course, there was the controversy swirling around Bush's DOJ in 2008 after revelations surfaced that it had "deselected" nearly"