shortchanged

Example Sentences

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Manfred’s strategy as commissioner of Major League Baseball has been to talk directly with the players himself, especially the lower-earning younger players who he claims are being shortchanged.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Ms. Weisz is shortchanged by the material, which likely wouldn’t be improved by, say, a snappier delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

But it also reminds us that people who care keep those of us shortchanged by its promise limping along.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich