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shortchange

/ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ/ /ʃɔɹtˈtʃeɪndʒ/

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verb

거스름돈을 덜 주다, 속이다

To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.

Examples :

"I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back."

나 거스름돈 덜 받았어! … 5달러짜리 물건에 10달러를 줬는데 1달러밖에 안 돌려줬어.

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verb

속이다, 덜 주다

(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.

Examples :

"The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself."

선택 수업은 쉬웠지만 결국에는 내가 스스로를 속이고 있었다.

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verb

속이다, 불리하게 만들다

To make disadvantaged by design.

Examples :

"Being proud of mistreating shortchanged "enemies" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them."

적을 불리하게 대하는 것을 자랑스러워하는 것은 그들에 대해 나쁘게 생각하거나 말하는 것과 마찬가지로 계급 의식의 징후일 가능성이 높습니다.

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