écartées

In a sentence

• Les opinions des membres étaient trop divergentes et donc ont été écartées.

  The opinions of the members were too divergent and thus were discarded.

  In this sentence, 'écartées' indicates that something, opinions in this case, has been dismissed or set aside.

• Les chaises du salon ont été écartées pour faire de la place.

  The chairs in the living room were moved aside to make space.

  Here, 'écartées' refers to a physical action where chairs were repositioned or displaced from their original place.

• Les possibilités du projet étaient trop grandes pour être écartées.

  The possibilities of the project were too promising to be disregarded.

  'Écartées' in this case conveys that the options or possibilities mentioned could not be ignored or discounted.