Definition of "shortchanged" [shortchanged]

• Present participle of shortchange. (verb)

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• "Alas what could have been still been achieved on the Moon got once again shortchanged with NASA being stuck for several years on a continuing budget resolution because of exponentially increasing war costs."
• "And so I do think there's an element of the electorate getting - did I use the word shortchanged before?"
• "Potter told authorities he felt "shortchanged" for his service and offered that as his motive for falsifying his discharge certificate and wearing the medals he was never awarded."