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 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 The potential benefits would go to education, in particular, as well as to health care, child care and a slew of other state services that Democrats say have been shortchanged by a system that has been largely untouched for nearly 20 years. — The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortchanged
  1. cheated
  2. hustled
  3. squeezed
  4. stung
  5. plucked
  6. screwed
  7. stuck
Verb
  • Bo told Lu that if the audit produced evidence that he had been cheated, Wang should go to prison.
    — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In one case, several systems worked on a problem in parallel, one cheated outright, and the system assigned to summarize their work did not flag it.
    — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheated
Verb
  • The over-all technical director, Oscar Lopez, whose day job entails managing events at Resorts World, hustled crews carefully among setups and sites.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • During a break Saturday, Freeling hustled home and caught two episodes before returning to the hotel where the rookies and younger players stay during camp ahead of curfew.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of hustled
Verb
  • But attorneys and housing advocates who work with struggling homeowners say household budgets are being squeezed from several directions.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Io is repeatedly squeezed and stretched by Jupiter and the gravitational pulls of neighboring moons Europa and Ganymede.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • The pair were stung more than 150 times each and airlifted to the hospital.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The lionfish's poisonous spikes can badly hurt anyone who’s stung.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of stung
Verb
  • Doubs plucked the ball over Gonzalez, who had successfully backed him near the boundary but couldn’t box out the 6-foot-2 receiver entirely.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The bass player plucked each of his instrument’s four strings, one at a time, while turning the corresponding tuning pegs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of plucked
Verb
  • The hardest physical part was actually taking down the old blinds, which had been screwed tightly into the window frame years prior.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the war needs to end because every day that the war continues, America gets weaker, Iran gets stronger, and people here in the United States get screwed, as prices go up, and up and up.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of screwed
Verb
  • Her crippling impostor syndrome was a feature, not a bug — we were stuck there with her for at least two seasons.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The result has been a prolonged low-hire, low-fire job market that’s left many workers of all ages stuck in limbo.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck

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