- present participle of slight.
slighting
Example Sentences
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Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
After some accused her of unnecessarily forcing a link between the “Hustlers” star and the “Euphoria” star, @NBAgladiator clarified that she’s “not slighting either woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves by not giving any further detail and be watching here for a remedy of this painful slighting.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
I know that this sort of inclusive approach to pregnancy is popular, but frankly, I don't know how to phrase questions for the person who is actually carrying the child without slighting the co-parent.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
I quit selecting certain of my New York brothers and giving them money to go and lay groundwork for new mosques in other cities—because slighting remarks were being made about “Malcolm’s ministers.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
