undesirable discharge

American  

noun

U.S. Military.

1. a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.

2. a certificate of such a discharge.

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Example Sentences

He was released with a separation then known as an undesirable discharge.

From New York Times

An elderly Air Force veteran asked a federal judge on Friday to make the military reconsider the undesirable discharge status he was given nearly 70 years earlier for being gay.

From Washington Times

After failing on his own to overturn the Navy’s “undesirable” discharge, Mr. Dwork got help from the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, founded in 1993 to fight discrimination against gay and lesbian military personnel affected by the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

From New York Times

Mr. Dwork was believed to be the first veteran of World War II to have an “undesirable” discharge for being gay expunged, although his case may have opened the floodgates for appeals in hundreds of similar cases.

From New York Times

She received an “undesirable” discharge, tantamount to a criminal record.

From The New Yorker