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Definition of short shrift in English: short shriftnoun mass noun1Rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. the judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech Example sentencesExamples - Such speculation gets short shrift from Michael Henderson.
- A few thought I gave short shrift to the value of biodiversity in medicine.
- Hansen said his people are still given short shrift.
- Fishman gives short shrift to any sentimental notion of a unified Jewish community.
- In 1986, crime victims got short shrift from the justice system.
- But are they being too ‘liberal’ in their attitudes - to the extent of giving short shrift to their mother tongue?
- Foundation hospitals were given short shrift.
- But the downside is sometimes we give short shrift to everything else.
- Quite a few of them, especially the officers who represented the military elite, hated the Bolsheviks because they saw them as giving short shrift to the state.
- In general, philosophy, history, and policy got short shrift in teacher-preparation courses, the paper said.
- That way, the neighbor won't be expecting an endorsement, and the opponent won't fear he will be given short shrift.
- Such behaviour can only receive short shrift to the fruit of democracy Zambians have only just started enjoying.
- Are arguments about the First Amendment getting short shrift?
- Will the networks continue to give short shrift to the international stories so prized by the globetrotting correspondent?
- Each character has his or her own painful story, and none are given short shrift in this treatment.
- But these got short shrift in Luxembourg last Wednesday.
- But Leonard, who travelled to New Zealand in 1993 and South Africa four years ago, gives the men in suits short shrift.
- Woodward also gave short shrift to the rumoured spat between Larder and O'Sullivan.
- Antiwar sentiments, however vague, were given short shrift.
- He does not give short shrift to the slavery issue.
2archaic Little time between condemnation and execution or punishment.
Definition of short shrift in US English: short shriftnoun 1Rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. the judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech Example sentencesExamples - A few thought I gave short shrift to the value of biodiversity in medicine.
- Are arguments about the First Amendment getting short shrift?
- Such behaviour can only receive short shrift to the fruit of democracy Zambians have only just started enjoying.
- Such speculation gets short shrift from Michael Henderson.
- That way, the neighbor won't be expecting an endorsement, and the opponent won't fear he will be given short shrift.
- Quite a few of them, especially the officers who represented the military elite, hated the Bolsheviks because they saw them as giving short shrift to the state.
- In 1986, crime victims got short shrift from the justice system.
- Will the networks continue to give short shrift to the international stories so prized by the globetrotting correspondent?
- Hansen said his people are still given short shrift.
- Fishman gives short shrift to any sentimental notion of a unified Jewish community.
- In general, philosophy, history, and policy got short shrift in teacher-preparation courses, the paper said.
- But Leonard, who travelled to New Zealand in 1993 and South Africa four years ago, gives the men in suits short shrift.
- Each character has his or her own painful story, and none are given short shrift in this treatment.
- But the downside is sometimes we give short shrift to everything else.
- Foundation hospitals were given short shrift.
- Woodward also gave short shrift to the rumoured spat between Larder and O'Sullivan.
- But are they being too ‘liberal’ in their attitudes - to the extent of giving short shrift to their mother tongue?
- He does not give short shrift to the slavery issue.
- But these got short shrift in Luxembourg last Wednesday.
- Antiwar sentiments, however vague, were given short shrift.
- 1.1archaic Little time between condemnation and execution or punishment.
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