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slighting

[ slahy-ting ]

adjective

  1. derogatory and disparaging; belittling.


slighting

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful

    in a slighting manner

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Derived Forms

  • ˈپԲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • iԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slighting1

First recorded in 1605–15; slight + -ing 2
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But he wasn’t slighting Griffin’s dynamic rookie season.

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They also accuse her of slighting her teachers, who helped her gain admission — after a year living in Canada with her family — to Merton College, one of the most academically rigorous of the Oxford colleges.

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Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture.

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After some accused her of unnecessarily forcing a link between the “Hustlers” star and the “Euphoria” star, @NBAgladiator clarified that she’s “not slighting either woman.”

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“They do not want to be seen as slighting China,” he said.

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