How to Use shortchange in a Sentence

shortchange

verb
Definition of shortchangenext
Synonyms for shortchangenext
  • The band shortchanged its fans by playing for only 30 minutes.
  • Yes, there’s a lot to do, but don’t shortchange yourself on sleep.
    — Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • But to iron out an extension now would be to shortchange the growth that still can come.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2023
  • Hurley joined Geno Auriemma in the club of coaches shortchanged in coach of the year awards.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024
  • On the other hand, House Bill 846 might shortchange some Georgians.
    — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2020
  • But the substance of his complaint — that the alliance was being shortchanged by many of its members — was fair.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There is an irony in the argument about people getting shortchanged by the old way of doing business.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But it gets shortchanged by a corny and mostly frightless ghost adventure.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • Yet another is that the city could shortchange its payments to the retiree pension and health care funds — a suggestion Sitzer makes.
    — Dan Haar, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Kevin and David think computer models are shortchanging the Cowboys at nine wins.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This expansion, though, also helped create the seeds of the current conflict, as writers felt shortchanged by the streaming boom.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This means that the film’s human story, where its interests should more properly lie, winds up feeling shortchanged in the face of so much focus on the macabre macaw of death.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • The Celtics were shorthanded, but don't shortchange the Pacers' victory.
    — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
  • But concerts like this don’t mean Beethoven or Mahler will be shortchanged, as SummerFest’s schedule attests.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Nevertheless, Harris didn’t shortchange the soulfulness of his voice, which combined with the band’s anthemic, R&B-bent, is key to the appeal.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2019
  • That left Boston’s English learners shortchanged tens of millions of dollars, Rice said.
    — Mandy McLaren, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • When costs are redirected from one purpose to another, programs have been shortchanged, the report said.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
  • One said the count shortchanged Michigan’s largest city by 8% of its occupied homes, overlooking tens of thousands of residents.
    — Mike Schneider, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
  • Even with his longest project to date, Drake made sure not to shortchange his collaborators and gave credit to each and every person who contributed to the 25-track project.
    — Alessandra Rincón, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • But Pfautsch's fidelity to his literary source forces him to shortchange the historical one.
    — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Hazelwood received a 12 ½-year prison sentence in connection with the scheme to shortchange trucking customers on diesel rebates.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2020
  • In recent years, the area has been particularly shortchanged.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The workers claim that the company denied them tips and therefore shortchanged them on their take-home pay because of confusion resulting from the 18% service fee.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • The father of two who works in safety inspections has felt shortchanged by his country’s economic troubles for his entire life.
    — David Feliba, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • In other words, make sure the profits from globalization don’t flow only to the 1%, and don’t shortchange the educational system.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • But being too tidy can actually shortchange your plants.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Having chosen not to hamstring the new engine with tall gearing, Mazda wasn't about to shortchange its potential with weaknesses in the chassis.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In a city struggling to solve murders in the first place, the refusal of police to take part in routine court proceedings compounds St. Louis’ criminal justice challenges, and leaves victims shortchanged.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Even with his shortest project to date, Yeezy made sure to not shortchange listeners and still enlisted a phalanx of collaborators at his side throughout the creative process.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 June 2018
  • Seeking unspecified damages The allegations that Musk cooked up an excuse to shortchange Rosa are, at the very least, in character.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023

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