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First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.
Jodi Kantor

Meaning of "short shrift" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT SHRIFT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHORT SHRIFT

noun
adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Short shrift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHORT SHRIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of short shrift in the English dictionary

The definition of short shrift in the dictionary is brief and unsympathetic treatment. Other definition of short shrift is a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHORT SHRIFT

short of
short order
short pastry
short radius
short ream
short score
short seller
short selling
short sharp shock
short sharp shock treatment
short sight
short ski method
short story
short story writer
short straw
short subject
short time
short ton
short trousers
short wave

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHORT SHRIFT

adrift
continental drift
drift
festschrift
grift
longshore drift
North Atlantic Drift
rift
shrift
snowdrift
spendthrift
spindrift
spoondrift
stardrift
strift
thrift
unthrift
wage drift

Synonyms and antonyms of short shrift in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «short shrift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHORT SHRIFT

Find out the translation of short shrift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of short shrift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «short shrift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冷遇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poca atención
570 millions of speakers

English

short shrift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम पापमोचन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اهتماما قليلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расправиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pouca atenção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট শর্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu de cas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kencang pendek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kurzen Prozess
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粗末な扱い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 참회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shrift pendek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự xưng tội và tha tội ngắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுகிய ஷிப்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहान तुकडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kısa sürede salınım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poca attenzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krótki shrift
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розправитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shrift scurt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρή εξομολόγηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvriendelike behandeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kort korta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kort prosess
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of short shrift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT SHRIFT»

The term «short shrift» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about short shrift

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QUOTES WITH «SHORT SHRIFT»

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Jodi Kantor
First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT SHRIFT»

Discover the use of short shrift in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to short shrift and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
The Bronx always gets the short shrift in the New York Marathon...from race organizers who mapped out this five-borough course 35 years ago. —New York Daily News (11/6/2011) Despite country [music]'s ongoing sales potency, it received ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Related vocabulary long on sth (and short on sth else) at long short shrift get short shrift to receive very little attention ♢ Bus riders feel they've been getting short shrift from the transit agency for years, and they are angry about the new fare ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say
Have you ever been accused of giving short shrift to instructions from a superior or a lecture from a relative? If you are guilty of having yielded only quick and perfunctory attention to something, you are not giving short shrift in its original sense.
Webb Garrison, 2005
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WETLESS WEEKEEES Stuff They Should Have Taught Us in School SAY: Short shrift NOT: Short shift “Short shrift” generally means “quick work” (to make short shrift of) or “no or minimal attention or consideration” (to get short shrift). “Shrift” ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
For example, The architect made elaborateplansfor the entry butgave short shrift to the back ofthe house. Literally, shrift refers to confession to a priest, who gives absolution and penance, and short shrift to the brief time allowed for this ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Short-change For Consumers And Short-shrift For Congress? ...
These works are now made available through an environmentally friendly, print-on-demand basis, using only what is necessary to meet the required demands of an interested public.
United States Congress Senate Committee, United States Congress Senate Committee on Judiciary, 2010
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Short-Change for Consumers and Short-Shrift for Congress?: ...
These concepts work in unison to encourage employers to voluntarily extend health bene-fits to their employees with a high degree of uniformity and with-out unnecessary exposure to liability.
United States. Congress. Senate., 2011
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S. Hrg. 110-497: Short-Change for Consumers and Short-Shrift ...
Hearings can also be held to explore certain topics or a current issue. It typically takes between two months up to two years to be published. This is one of those hearings.
U.S. Government Printing Office (Gpo), 2013
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A Leap to Everyday Spirituality: In the Eternal Atmosphere ...
See also short shrift. short shrift noun rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. As for Alternative Religions: What about short shrift? As for Alternative to Religion? What about a leap to spirituality? 81. Definitions. Sometimes – If a ...
Edgar K. DeJean, 2011
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Constructional Approaches to English Grammar
examples like give NP short shrift and give NP one's best shot. Such examples may display the following signs of increased lexicalization: (a) Decategorialization18 of the deverbal nominal (absence of articles; or co- occurrence restrictions to ...
Graeme Trousdale, Nikolas Gisborne, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT SHRIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term short shrift is used in the context of the following news items.
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KPSC gives short shrift to differently abled IIT postgraduate
When Delhiite Ira Singhal became the first differently abled candidate to top the Civil Services examinations this year, the 30-year-old became the symbol of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Clean Energy Potential Gets Short Shrift in Policymaking, Group Says
Faulty projections by EIA on renewable energy growth are being used in critical policies like the Clean Power Plan, a trade group says. By Naveena Sadasivam ... «InsideClimate News, Jun 15»
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VIDEO: Sunderland fans give Short shrift to chairman and question …
Just 51 fans out of the 1,300+ who took part admitted to being “very happy” with Short, while around a fifth say they are “unhappy” with his work at the club. «Sunderland Echo, Jun 15»
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Give dead Australian jihadis short shrift
Give dead Australian jihadis short shrift ... the problem because it is challenging to deal with may have short-term electoral appeal, but is short-sighted policy that ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Brampton's call for provincial inquiry gets short shrift
The Star has learned that a public inquiry by the province into alleged corruption in Brampton development deals won't happen any time soon — if at all — after ... «MetroNews Canada, Jun 15»
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Give dad more than the short shrift
Father's Day always gets short shrift. Because we shot the wad on Mother's Day last month. We all understand Mother's Day, the after-echo of the odd 19th ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
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College basketball players get short shrift for long shots
It is a far cry from Grinnell College, the excellent liberal arts college in the Iowa cornfields, to the plutocrats and millionaires of the National Basketball ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
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STUDY: California TV Stations' Drought Coverage Gave Short Shrift
On March 19, Governor Jerry Brown and top lawmakers announced a $1 billion drought relief package to provide short-term and long-term support for dealing ... «Media Matters for America, May 15»
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'Beneficiaries' get a short shrift
The future of over 2.11 lakh pension beneficiaries under Abhaya Hastham (Velugu pension and Insurance) scheme hangs in balance in Telanagana since they ... «The Hindu, May 15»
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Mental Health Is Still Getting Short Shrift Despite Laws
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and ... «Huffington Post, May 15»

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