slighted

[ slahy-tid ]

adjective

1. treated with indifference, especially pointedly or contemptuously; snubbed:

   She was miffed at the lack of a written invitation, clearly feeling herself the slighted party.

2. treated as unimportant; given insufficient attention, value, or effort:

   Too often, science is a slighted part of the elementary school curriculum.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of slight.

Other Words From

• un·slight·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slighted¹

First recorded in 1615–25; slight ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; slight ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Now is, surely, the time for McIlroy to feel slighted and respond with his his clubs.

From BBC

Phelps and her daughter felt slighted when they thought members of the softball team cheered harder for other players than for Phelps’ daughter, the lawsuit alleges.

From Los Angeles Times

When he overhears Jonathan describing him as having, “too much money and no taste,” Ripley feels slighted, which is why he gets Jonathan involved in doing Reeves’ dirty work.

From Salon

The Recount noted that despite Britt’s apparent admiration for the skit, Cruz took time out of the conversation to share how he felt slighted by the show.

From Salon

Four years after being overlooked for her work behind the camera for “Little Women,” the academy’s directors branch again slighted Gerwig, this time for “Barbie.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• aggrieved
• disgraced
• humiliated
• outraged
• shamed