slighted

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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.

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

Origin of slighted

1
First recorded in 1615–25; slight + -ed2 for the adjective senses; slight + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from slighted

  • un·slight·ed, adjective

Words Nearby slighted

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