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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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2
as in isolated
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with
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as in disrespected
to show contempt for
music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste
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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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Recent Examples of slighted
Another Redditor said the bride should expect potential guests to feel slighted over the no-kids policy.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Speaking of genres that the Academy has been undervaluing in top categories, there’s Latin music… and if last year wasn’t a chance for those sounds to get into the big four, this one won’t likely be either, with a less obvious crop of contenders than got ignored last time around.Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Judy Randall, the nonpartisan head of Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor, said that multiple state agencies under the Walz administration have repeatedly downplayed and ignored looming oversight failures, according to a CNN report.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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Neither Butkus nor Rose ever forgot their Chicago roots.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
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And yet uncovering the history of slavery is important, especially when so many Latin American families hid or intentionally forgot their African and Indigenous roots.Edward Rueda, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Many Disney employees were outraged by the bill, and because the company’s largest theme park is based in the state, there was massive internal pressure on then-CEO Bob Chapek to speak out against it.Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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Vance is equally fluent in the language of the national élite, and therefore knows how to get the national media to cover his crazy theories, and how to get national people outraged by them.David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Drake snubbed the Recording Academy in 2021 and 2022, but broke his streak last year to enter Her Loss for Best Rap Album (eventually losing to Killer Mike).Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2024
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Before Johnson, only two previous presidents had snubbed their successor's inauguration.Jason Silverstein, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2021
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But its audience score is even worse at a 37%, indicating those who liked Joker 1, and were lining up to see the opening of Folie a Deux, hated it way, way more than the first film.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Users were, however, polarized on the Italian bergamot, yuzu, and lemongrass scent—some loved it; some hated it.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
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With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Police further allege Mims neglected to report the crime despite being told about the killing and despite having multiple opportunities to notify police.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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The abused, neglected, and damaged Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix)—accursed as son, lover, and comedian—takes violent revenge that quickly wins him fans and followers.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Slighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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