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slighting

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verb

present participle of slight
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slighting
Adjective
  • To educate all of them in similar ways is insulting, and silly.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Perkins said the drink bore the insulting message.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Is the streamer afraid of offending hate groups by depicting them as hateful and/or groups?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In New Zealand, murder carries a mandatory life sentence and judges are required to set a prison term of at least 10 years before the offending person can apply for parole, according to the outlet.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Freelancing can feel isolating, especially when you’re used to having coworkers and a structured office environment.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Whether isolating public officials for harassment, doxing, intimidation, and ultimately attempted assassination, it is all carefully planned, executed and thought through.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And while everyone has their own preferred ways of watching a game, ignoring the little things is an easy way to miss greatness.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Within less than a year, the Sheriff’s Office had issued corrective action notices to NaphCare for failing to pay outside hospitals and medical specialists, using unlicensed staff and ignoring requests to replace broken medical equipment, among other deficiencies.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Despite rejecting his proposal, her feelings for him stayed the same.
    Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The countries now recognizing a Palestinian state and publicly committing themselves to the prospect are rejecting that premise and denying the settler right’s attempt at a fait accompli.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The situation unfolded earlier this week when TikToker Bookie Woodz posted a now-controversial clip, accusing Ayesha of craving male attention and subtly disrespecting her husband in the process.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The caller berated Dipoto for disrespecting his uniform number.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many CEOs have voiced their agreement with O’Leary—focusing too much on what’s coming next and forgetting about your current role can be a recipe for career disaster.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The robots could distinguish between important, real-time obstacles and unnecessary, outdated information using this human-like forgetting method.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Slighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighting. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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