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Withdrawn

A state in which an application has been taken back by the applicant and is no longer under consideration.

In plain English

This means the person who applied has pulled the application back. Because of that, it is not being considered anymore.

In context

Here, “Withdrawn” shows that the applicant has taken the application back, so it is no longer being considered.

Situation
Applying for jobs, reading vacancy labels, and following recruitment status
What it communicates
shows that the applicant has removed the application.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say why the application was taken back.

Examples

“After the applicant asked to take back her application, it was withdrawn and no longer under consideration.”

Core meaning

“The clerk placed the withdrawn application in a separate tray from those still being reviewed.”

In context