slighted

American  

[slahy-tid] / ˈslaɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. treated with indifference, especially pointedly or contemptuously; snubbed.

   She was miffed at the lack of a written invitation, clearly feeling herself the slighted party.

2. treated as unimportant; given insufficient attention, value, or effort.

   Too often, science is a slighted part of the elementary school curriculum.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of slight.

Other Word Forms

• unslighted adjective

Etymology

Origin of slighted

First recorded in 1615–25; slight ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; slight ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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

That plan began with repairing relationships in the local recruiting scene, many of whom had felt slighted by USC.

From Los Angeles Times

Don’t miss: ‘I feel slighted’: My husband and I are in our 70s.

From MarketWatch

However, there has also been something a bit Michael Jordan in the way the Invincibles have tried to get themselves going by imagining they have been slighted by opponents at times this season.

From BBC

“That was a father. I can’t sit here and be angry or feel slighted by LeBron James in any way in that regard.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• aggrieved
• disgraced
• humiliated
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