shortchange
- noun
- /ˈʃɔrtˌʧeɪndʒ/
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desigualdad
- The lack of investment in community programs led to a significant shortchange for the residents who relied on those services.
Examples
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But I forgot about the system when a reporter asked about the AAUW report called "How the Schools Shortchange Girls."
Academic text (1995) -
When we discovered that we can't, we felt shortchanged by nature and we pronounced it weird.
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No other modern country gives corporations the unfettered power found in America to gouge customers, shortchange workers, and erect barriers to fair play.
Blog text (6) -
The report named "How Schools Shortchange Girls" summarized the devastating findings on the loss of self-esteem and decline of academic achievement experienced by adolescent females.
Academic text (2003) -
Susan Bailey, director of the Wellesley Center for Research on Women and principal author of the 1992 study "How Schools Shortchange Girls," cautions against the institution of single-sex classes as a solution for gender inequity (Bailey 1996).
Academic text (2003) -
The committee's decision to ignore her contributions was a clear instance of shortchange in her career.
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Many employees felt they were subjected to shortchange when their hard work was not acknowledged during promotions.
Synonyms
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7.4
Unfair treatment that gives some people fewer chances or help
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7.1
To get a worse or unfair result than others
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8.4
Unfair treatment of someone, often by cheating them
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shortchange can also mean unfair treatment, and the image helps you remember why: just as a shortchange gives you 'not enough' money, being shortchanged means you are given 'not enough' recognition, chances, or resources, so you do not get what you 'deserve'.