slighted
Example Sentences
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If questions about his presence on the team have left him feeling slighted, Freeman says he’s fueled more by the adversity he has faced than by his recent success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 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
I slighted no one, no matter how unimportant; bigshots, doctors, real-estate men and store-front preachers.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
