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

But throughout he repeatedly returned to the justices in ways that made clear he felt personally slighted by the decision.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

“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 • Mar. 12, 2025

The Recount noted that despite Britt’s apparent admiration for the skit, Cruz took time out of the conversation to share how he felt slighted by the show.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

But the public was not much aware of either Wilson or Spencer; compared to Smith and Hickock, or the fifth man on the Row, Lowell Lee Andrews, the press had rather slighted them.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Related Words

• aggrieved
• disgraced
• humiliated
• outraged
• shamed