That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jeremiah 6:30; Hebrews 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1 Corinthians 9:27; 2 Corinthians 13:5-7).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (a.) Not enduring proof; one who is morally lost or abandoned; rejected.

2. (a.) Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.

4. (n.) One morally abandoned and lost.

5. (v. t.) To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

6. (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.