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

Simon gave back despite feeling slighted by the school, from which he graduated with honors in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

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 • Aug. 31, 2025

When he overhears Jonathan describing him as having, “too much money and no taste,” Ripley feels slighted, which is why he gets Jonathan involved in doing Reeves’ dirty work.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024

I slighted no one, no matter how unimportant; bigshots, doctors, real-estate men and store-front preachers.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Related Words

• aggrieved
• disgraced
• humiliated
• outraged
• shamed