shortchanged
/SH AO0 R T CH EY1 N JH D/verb
- 1
To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
โI got shortchanged! โฆI gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.โ
- 2
(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.
โThe elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself.โ
- 3
To make disadvantaged by design.
โBeing proud of mistreating shortchanged "enemies" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them.โ
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