Get to know Slighted better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Slighted in a sentence
Related words
Slighted meaning
- Cheated; short-changed; ripped off.
- Treated as unimportant or not worthy of attention.
- Treated with disdain or neglect; ignored disrespectfully.
Using Slighted
- The main meaning on this page is: Cheated; short-changed; ripped off. | Treated as unimportant or not worthy of attention. | Treated with disdain or neglect; ignored disrespectfully.
- In the example corpus, slighted often appears in combinations such as: slighted by, been slighted, felt slighted.
Context around Slighted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slighted
- In this selection, "slighted" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felt, feel and somehow stand out and add context to how "slighted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include still felt slighted and about being slighted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slighted" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slighted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kenya, however, still felt slighted. (5 words)
But Boston’s top players have reasons to feel slighted. (10 words)
I think we always felt we were somehow slighted in that way. (12 words)
It’s natural that these two rivals are neck-and-neck as the two leaders of this conference, but the Wolverines are being slighted a bit as they should be viewed as the favorite out of the Midwest. (38 words)
I say this as someone who profoundly relates with filmmakers, actors and producers so I deeply empathise with those who have been slighted by this oversight and it’s why I felt it necessary to make this statement. (38 words)
Not only did he use his judgement and refuse to follow the teleprompter a couple of times, but he followed each joke with an impromptu flattering remark on the player he just slighted. (33 words)
Can we continue to do more in the law enforcement arena outreach to our community, particularly those that those that feel slighted? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s natural that these two rivals are neck-and-neck as the two leaders of this conference, but the Wolverines are being slighted a bit as they should be viewed as the favorite out of the Midwest.
Not only did he use his judgement and refuse to follow the teleprompter a couple of times, but he followed each joke with an impromptu flattering remark on the player he just slighted.
They were very upfront with their feelings and told Hisam how they felt slighted by him.
Zayn explained what we all thought he felt and Reigns still felt slighted.
But Boston’s top players have reasons to feel slighted.
I say this as someone who profoundly relates with filmmakers, actors and producers so I deeply empathise with those who have been slighted by this oversight and it’s why I felt it necessary to make this statement.
The consolation prize for Thanksgiving-themed horror fans is that they haven’t been as slighted as Easter-themed horror fans.
Although Black women are the fastest-growing group of female entrepreneurs in the United States, they’ve long been slighted by startup investors and significantly under-funded.
Can we continue to do more in the law enforcement arena outreach to our community, particularly those that those that feel slighted?
In no other country has an ethnic group been so vilified, so besmirched, and so slighted as the Amharas in Ethiopia over the last half a century.
Instead, he did nothing, and those around baseball who feel as though they play the game “the right way,” if there is such a thing, are slighted.
I think we always felt we were somehow slighted in that way.
Kenya, however, still felt slighted.
Now many Latino leaders feel you’ve sort of been slighted in the lineup here of the four days of the convention.
So far, there have been no public statements from American Indian groups about being slighted.
The big banks didn’t like him and he always felt slighted by them.
The liberal justice system just lets everyone off the hook, while overburdened cops are slighted and disrespected at every turn by ivory tower eggheads who don't want to get Tough on Crime.
This isn't Malfoy trying to be a good person and being slighted by the famous Harry Potter.
Another claim said the Americans felt slighted by Mr Onyema's purported decision to stop doing business with American aeroplane manufacturer, Boeing, in favour of Brazil's Embraer.
During davening he could not concentrate, thinking that Rav Yaakov might, in some way, feel slighted.
Common combinations with slighted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- slighted by 10×
- been slighted 6×
- felt slighted 5×
- being slighted 4×
- feel slighted 3×
- slighted and 3×
- slighted as 2×
- so slighted 2×
- are slighted 2×
- slighted in 2×