shortchange
Example Sentences
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Even before the first bombs fell on Iran, after all, the U.S. was shortchanging all those imperatives.
From Los Angeles Times
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
To be clear, we don’t want to shortchange our daughter just because the focus seems to be on the boys.
From MarketWatch
Ms. Weisz is shortchanged by the material, which likely wouldn’t be improved by, say, a snappier delivery.
If it’s bona-fide Arthur Conan Doyle, I am being decidedly shortchanged.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
