shortchanged
Example Sentences
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If it’s bona-fide Arthur Conan Doyle, I am being decidedly shortchanged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
Fans were also left feeling shortchanged after the 38-year-old's set featured just three special guests - Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
In a society whose public educational system is underfunded and whose rural communities are often shortchanged in resource allocations, they are essential.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
