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short shrift

noun as in short end of the deal

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You can look at a syllabi of general biology courses from high school and college, and often ecology gets short shrift.

She said it is difficult to operate two systems of learning at once without giving short shrift to one or both.

The legislation has ignited questions over whether Maryland sufficiently protects forests for wildlife and water and air quality or allows too much tree loss by giving short shrift to new planting.

If I have more people assigned to me than I can safely take care of as a nurse, somebody’s going to get short shrift.

With no clear timeline on when schools would reopen for physical classes in India, parents feel their kids are being given the short shrift with online classes.

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How an antiquated understanding of race relations results in minority staffers getting the short shrift.

Traditional American notion of independence, permanency and identity with neighborhood are given short shrift in this approach.

Likely, Harold would have accepted the short shrift with his usual cynic's grace.

More vexing than the short-shrift mentions are the flat-out omissions.

One reason we've given the single-parenthood problem short shrift is that we lack good ideas about how to address it.

She appears to have Irish virtue in excess, and I expect the larky would get short shrift from her.

A joint commission drew up a well-considered plan, but in the face of a presidential election the Senate gave it short shrift.

As she came back Julia heard Val in the hall dismissing poor Emmie and her piano key with short shrift.

Certain it is she brought her wounded brother safe home to England, and prisoners in that war usually had short shrift.

I would give life-interest in rotten house property short shrift by burning the festering places.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to short shrift, such as: kick in the teeth, no pity, no quarter, pitilessness, small portion, and tender mercies.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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