Slighting
['slaɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slight
(a.) Characterized by neglect or disregard.
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Examples
- You would have better reasons than these for slighting so respectable a class of men, said Mrs. Farebrother, majestically. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I make this little preface, because you once mentioned the young lady to me in slighting terms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And very handsome ones they are, too, cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The defect of the Herbartian theory of formation through presentations consists in slighting this constant interaction and change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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