as in insulting
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants
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as in offending
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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as in isolating
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 disdaining
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 ignoring
to fail to give proper attention to
slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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Adjective
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Using those who serve in uniform as political props is insulting.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025 -
The whole thing feels redundant and borderline insulting.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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There was no accessible list of people supposedly celebrating Kirk’s murder, and a submissions portal for offending posts about him remained inactive.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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One assumes there will be widespread debate over the accuracy of Kimmel’s offending comments.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pre-approve thresholds for isolating assets, notifying regulators, or switching comms modes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Both intimate and isolating, a multi-day river trip allows for a deeper connection to the surrounding environment while offering near-complete isolation from the external world.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Congress and state legislatures should investigate and hold the FDA accountable for ignoring overwhelming evidence of harm.—
Lila Rose,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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For CEOs whose decisions can alter markets and shape legacies, ignoring its impact is a costly mistake.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The film frames itself as both drama and historical revisionism, rejecting sensationalism to center the human cost of the tragedy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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In July 2007, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves after rejecting an eight-year, $140 million contract extension.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The caller berated Dipoto for disrespecting his uniform number.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Megyn Kelly can’t seem to praise her beloved Sydney Sweeney without disrespecting Beyoncé in the same breath.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Critics are waxing nostalgic for the edgy and outrageous comments of social critic humorists such as Dick Gregory, Mort Sahl, George Carlin, and Don Imus, forgetting that none of those figures were ever the host of a broadcast network TV show.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Although Downs is talented, people are forgetting that Pittman is a great player.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Slighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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