The phrase "denied approval" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to indicate that a request has been refused or not granted. For example, "The principal denied approval for the student to attend the school dance."
(d) Following the hearing the administrative law judge shall render to the Attorney General his recommendation that the proposed arrangement be approved or denied approval in accordance with the standards of the Act.
This ultimately resulted in her being denied approval.
A previous deal with another Chinese company, Hawtai Motor, foundered after it was denied approval.
Bydureon had been twice denied approval because of concerns of side effects like heart rate abnormalities.
The state also denied approval for its expansion from 96 beds to 192 beds.
A drug popular in Europe, rimonabant, was denied approval in the United States because of side effects.
(c) After the expiration of the time for filing of replies in accordance with § 48.7 and this section the Attorney General shall either approve or deny approval of the arrangement, in accordance with § 48.14, or shall order that a hearing be held.
The advice to deny approval of the device is not binding on the F.D.A.
Alice Moore, a Kanawha County school board member, began a local movement to deny approval of new texts that a teachers' committee had recommended last spring.
The agency faces a Sept. 30 deadline on whether to give final marketing approval for the drug, call for a delay of action or deny approval.
Environmental organizations have spent years urging regulators to deny approval for the pipeline to ship oil from Canada's tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico.
