His theory had been rejected because of the evidence against him.
Soon after some more recent findings, this theory was rejected.
As a result, the theory is now rejected by all serious chess historians.
The theory was almost unanimously rejected in the scientific community.
But the theory was directly rejected by the American visitor in an interview yesterday.
This theory was supported and rejected in the 1930s, especially by Dutch authors.
Therefore any theory which denies that it is must be rejected as unacceptable.
Sometimes a theory is rejected with a reference to the danger of misuse.
The theories he has put forth have been uniformly rejected by the courts.
The theory of nullification has been rejected repeatedly by the courts.