slighting

Example Sentences

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I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves by not giving any further detail and be watching here for a remedy of this painful slighting.

From Seattle Times

I know that this sort of inclusive approach to pregnancy is popular, but frankly, I don't know how to phrase questions for the person who is actually carrying the child without slighting the co-parent.

From Washington Post

Others may have grown accustomed to slighting players over social media for 15 months, numbed to consequences of in-person interactions.

From Washington Post

Wallace and Trump have a contentious history, the president regularly mocking the anchor and slighting him in comparison with his father, the celebrated CBS anchor Mike Wallace.

From The Guardian

Some thought Dr. Fauci was slighting the president, leading to a vitriolic online reaction.

From New York Times