descartado

Descartado is the past participle of the Spanish verb descartar, meaning to discard, remove, or rule out. As an adjective, it denotes that something has been discarded or eliminated from consideration. The term is widely used across Spanish-speaking regions in both formal and informal speech.

In everyday language, descartado describes things that are no longer part of a set or plan: a "candidatura descartada" or a "hipótesis descartada" refers to a candidate or hypothesis that has been ruled out. In scientific and technical contexts, it can denote data, samples, or measurements that have been rejected or excluded, such as a "muestra descartada" or "registro descartado." In data processing, it also means to ignore or delete records or entries.

Grammatical notes: Descartado agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: descartado (masculine singular), descartada (feminine singular), descartados or descartadas (plural). As a noun form, informal usage may appear as "un descartado" to refer to someone who has been ruled out, though more common terms in that sense are rechazado or eliminado.