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short shrift
noun as in short end of the deal
Example Sentences
The EU were given short shrift by major producers.
Smith’s activist career gets fairly short shrift in the movie, although it’s an important facet of her recent life.
While Putin has condemned Soviet-era crimes, authorities typically downplay them and the victims of repression are often given short shrift in history textbooks.
Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives.
Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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