Their firm had been given short shrift and was passed from one office to the next.
But the series gives short shrift to the country's black majority.
You'll all get a short shrift and a long day from me.
The reader gave her short shrift and went on reading.
None of these studies looked at why women got short shrift.
The kids who do come to the attention of the system frequently get short shrift.
There are some who think, on any given day, the paper's home base here gets short shrift.
And skills that students will need in college, like the ability to do research, too often get short shrift.
My mother gave them short shrift when they stopped her.
In some states even the governor's race gets short shrift from television news.