as in insulting
                                      
              
          
                                                      intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value                                       
              
                             slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in offending
                                                
              
          
                                                      to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in                                       
              
                             the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in isolating
                                                
              
          
                                                      to deliberately ignore or treat rudely                                       
              
                             as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in disdaining
                                                
              
          
                                                      to show contempt for                                       
              
                             music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in ignoring
                                                
              
          
                                                      to fail to give proper attention to                                       
              
                             slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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