1. past tense of deselect; removed from selection or chose not to select

1. not selected; removed from a selection

Examples

• The candidate was deselected by the party before the election.
• She deselected several items from her shopping cart.
• The deselected files were moved to a separate folder.
• He accidentally deselected all the text in the document.
• The deselected options appeared grayed out on the screen.
• After reviewing the applications, three candidates were deselected.
• The software automatically deselected the corrupted files.