Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for shortchanged

shortchanged

verb as in cheat someone of fair share

Strongest match

Strong match

Discover More

Example Sentences

Across the country, BaronHR became known for issuing paychecks that shortchanged wages or bounced because of insufficient funds.

Decades later, Jones was awarded $9.4 million after a Los Angeles jury determined he’d been shortchanged millions in royalties by Jackson’s estate.

Trump repeated his false claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shortchanged hurricane victims by using money meant for disaster relief on undocumented immigrants.

Treasury, the agency said in a statement, after completing an investigation that found workers were shortchanged in their pay, were not paid overtime and at times were not paid for working off the clock.

This company, once great in almost every way, has squandered that excellence, shortchanged its employees, imperiled its legacy and cost too many lives over shortcuts and pursuit of profit.

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement