No. 11,378 in French
refusés
"Refusés" means "refused" or "rejected."
In a sentence
Les documents ont été refusés par l'administration.
The documents were rejected by the administration.
In this sentence, 'refusés' is used as a past participle in a passive construction, indicating that the documents were the object of refusal by the administration.
Les candidats refusés peuvent postuler à nouveau l'année prochaine.
The rejected candidates can apply again next year.
Here, 'refusés' describes the candidates who were declined, functioning as an adjective modifying 'candidats' to indicate their state of rejection.
Elle pense que ses projets seront à nouveau refusés.
She thinks that her projects will be rejected again.
In this usage, 'refusés' serves as a past participle describing the expected outcome where the projects are declined in the future.
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