slighting
slighting Lexical Profile
slighting Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Expressing disrespect, indifference, or low regard; disparaging or belittling.
"She ignored his slighting remarks about her early research and continued presenting the data."
• noun
The act of treating someone or something with disrespect, neglect, or indifference.
"The deliberate slighting of junior colleagues during the committee meeting damaged team morale."
British The deliberate partial demolition or damaging of a castle or fortification to render it unusable as a defensive stronghold, especially during the English Civil War.
"Following the siege, Parliament ordered the slighting of the medieval castle's outer curtain wall."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English from the verb 'slight' (from Middle English 'slight', ultimately of Germanic origin meaning 'smooth' or 'trivial') plus the suffix '-ing'. In seventeenth-century British history, the noun took on a specialized sense referring to the deliberate demolition of fortifications during the English Civil War so they could not be reused by opposing forces.