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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-change.

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Examples

  • Professor Schmalz states that many Indian Protestant and Catholic denominations "eschew overt conversion efforts," but the reason he cites as to why -- that of "political repercussions" -- short-changes the overriding influence Hinduism's pluralistic worldview has had not only on Christianity, but other religions in India.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Question Of Evangelism In India Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2011

  • But to blame the media or not to insist on clearer answers short-changes the need for truth.

    Kent Annan: Three Cups Of Truth Kent Annan 2011

  • But to blame the media or not to insist on clearer answers short-changes the need for truth.

    Kent Annan: Three Cups Of Truth Kent Annan 2011

  • Professor Schmalz states that many Indian Protestant and Catholic denominations "eschew overt conversion efforts," but the reason he cites as to why -- that of "political repercussions" -- short-changes the overriding influence Hinduism's pluralistic worldview has had not only on Christianity, but other religions in India.

    Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Question Of Evangelism In India Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2011

  • But to blame the media or not to insist on clearer answers short-changes the need for truth.

    Kent Annan: Three Cups Of Truth Kent Annan 2011

  • I agree that the focus on character and relationships on Bones often short-changes the mystery of the week, but I don't see how this development "flips off" the fans — especially because most fans know Emily Deschanel is pregnant herself and would probably gripe all next season if they'd made her hide it.

    Ask Matt: Finale Fever, Cougar Town, The Killing, Cancellation Fallout and More! 2011

  • It short-changes the audience, the subject, and indeed everybody--except Sorkin, whose scripting fees will doubtless keep him in luxury vehicles of whose mechanical workings he can afford to be blissfully unaware.

    Archive 2010-09-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Her argument aims to defend Habermasian discourse ethics against the criticism that it short-changes the embedded, situated, and affiliated aspects of identity — the places, in short, where people actually live out their daily lives.

    Introduction 2008

  • It short-changes the audience, the subject, and indeed everybody--except Sorkin, whose scripting fees will doubtless keep him in luxury vehicles of whose mechanical workings he can afford to be blissfully unaware.

    Hands Off: From "Do Me" to "Do It For Me" BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • The word and the idea "religion" short-changes Jews.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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