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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
slight .
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Examples
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Recently, McCain slighted Obama's intention .... he felt is would be a diservice to our military who have already died in action?
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Well! -- why, were I that thing they call a slighted wife, somebody should run the risk of being that thing they call -- a husband.
Scarborough and the Critic Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1783
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A slight sore, neglected, may prove of fatal consequence, and so may a slight sin slighted and left unrepented of.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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The only song I felt was slighted is “Legal Tender”, a medium-sized hit that made such an impression that I can even remember my high school’s pom squad doing a routine to it.
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I feel kind of slighted that Michael B. said “Fuck you, Arthur.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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I feel kind of slighted that you said “Fuck you, Arthur,” while the best you can do for me is “fetch your own bone, fido.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010
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I feel kind of slighted that you said “Fuck you, Arthur,” while the best you can do for me is “fetch your own bone, fido.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010
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I feel kind of slighted that Michael B. said “Fuck you, Arthur.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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The same goes for the Hillary fundraisers who feel "slighted" by the Obama campaign because they didn't get the best hotel rooms at the Ritz.
New York Times: Hillary Speech Partly Driven By Ambition 2009
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Kinda knocks down the whole "slighted" theory, eh?
Biden Offers Testament To Obama's Character And Toughness 2009
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