Thesaurus results for SHORTCHANGED

shortchanged

verb

past tense of shortchange

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats was shortchanged out of a promotion

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Recent Examples of shortchanged Dillane, superb in Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, has presence but is somewhat shortchanged by the script’s one-dimensional grasp of Willoughby, the dashing romantic hero revealed to be an opportunistic cad who breaks Marianne’s heart. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 When Zayn lost the WWE title to Punk less than two weeks after winning it, there was a lot of chatter that he had been shortchanged and would never get a crack at the WWE title again. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 One side tends to feel shortchanged, and the other two have to decide whether to kick in more value to save the deal. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Still after the match controversy arose after some fans thought Haiti’s men soccer team, Les Grenadiers, were shortchanged. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026 Capital projects — which got shortchanged in last year’s budget — would also be restored closer to levels seen in the past. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Counties say they’re being shortchanged in Newsom’s budget. — Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026 My one qualm with the otherwise fantastic character development on this show is that Susie is getting shortchanged around every corner. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 6 May 2026 Separateness was scrupulously honored and enforced, but equality was shortchanged with impunity. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026

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The simple truth is that no single technology can fully address AI misuse or determine whether a student cheated.

— Melissa Loble, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Scarlett Johansson sued you over that, alleging that Disney cheated her out of box office upside.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of cheated

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Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted.

— Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hustled

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Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
As solitary insects with limited aggression towards humans, the risk of getting stung is often not worth your direct interference.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of stung

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Four years later Fontaine plucked another future Hall of Famer, taking outfielder Tony Gwynn in the third round.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
His last one was in the fourth quarter by Curry, who read the short pass and plucked it out of the air for the score.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of plucked

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Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Sometimes a lid isn’t screwed tightly, and your foundation proves its worth all over the inside of your bag.

— Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of screwed

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Leaders get stuck because of a mindset, a relationship or a system that nobody has ever named out loud.

— Drew McLellan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

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