To be given little or no attention; to be treated in an impatient and abrupt manner

Serious authors generally get short shrift on TV, but BooKMARK, a new half-hour series, will feature one each week, discussing his or her work with a guest panel

Generalmente gli scrittori seri vengono abbastanza trascurati dalla TV, ma BooKMARK, una nuova serie di trasmissioni settimanali, presenterà ogni volta un autore diverso, discutendone con un gruppo di ospiti

Health concerns that primarily affect women get particularly short shrift in the research community, many doctors say. Two years ago, a major study on breast cancer and low-fat diets was halted because of cost considerations

Molti medici ammettono che le malattie tipiche della donna vengono trascurate dalla ricerca. Due anni fa, per esempio, un importante studio sul tumore della mammella e sulle diete a basso contenuto calorico è stato sospeso per considerazioni finanziarie

The phrase was originally used to refer to someone who was about to be executed in public: he would eventually be given time for shrift (an Anglo-Saxon term meaning confession), or at least for collecting his thoughts, and occasionally it was a short time