slighted

Example Sentences

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Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

But throughout he repeatedly returned to the justices in ways that made clear he felt personally slighted by the decision.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Dorothy, in Ms. Benedict’s telling, feels slighted by her male colleagues in London’s Detection Club, a real-life group of British mystery writers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

According to Witty’s memo, obtained by journalist Ken Klippenstein and reportedly sent out on Wednesday, not all customers feel slighted by the insurance provider with its notoriously high denial rates.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

White went out of his way so that Hale’s wife and daughter never felt slighted by prison officials.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann