Used in a Sentence

slighting

How to use slighting in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for slighting.

Editorial note

I'm calling you out now to be much more specific about what kind of slighting is involved and what you're rolling your eyes at.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of slighting gathered in one view.

adjective

tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slighting.

Example sentences

1

I'm calling you out now to be much more specific about what kind of slighting is involved and what you're rolling your eyes at.

2

That Rails is a Ghetto piece is filled with personal insults, gripes, anger, accusations that people are slighting him or intending to slight him.

3

Watch a paranoid melodrama slighting the product before I consider it?

4

I've discovered that there is a reasonable level of taking credit that is neither sleazy nor slighting of my colleagues.

5

It's interesting how in one sentence you identify a slight against 'hipsters', and then fall into slighting another group in the same comment...

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“Nadim gets a lot of crap,” Green says. “But slighting him over things he did years ago is getting to be pretty unfair.”\nGreen is cautiously optimistic about miniLock’s security.

7

I didn't lead with this because my other thoughts are more productive, but maybe you slighted Yemen almost exactly the way you accuse the parent of slighting Islam.

8

Here, I'll do with David Brooks what he did with Snowden -- avoiding looking at the situation, slighting someone's character without knowing anything important.

9

But if you said that idiot is an idiot because he is a moronic Christian, a rabid Jew, or terrorist Muslim, can you not see why slighting the individual for the group or vice versa was the source of my comment?> Lastly, you somehow equate the idiocy that happens within "Western" society to the idiocy that happens in "Islamic" society.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use slighting in a sentence?

I'm calling you out now to be much more specific about what kind of slighting is involved and what you're rolling your eyes at.

What does slighting mean?

tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

What part of speech is slighting?

slighting is commonly used as adjective.