Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shortchange
Participle: shortchanged
Gerund: shortchanging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shortchange |
| you | shortchange |
| he;she;it | shortchanges |
| we | shortchange |
| you | shortchange |
| they | shortchange |
Perfect
| I | have shortchanged |
| you | have shortchanged |
| he;she;it | has shortchanged |
| we | have shortchanged |
| you | have shortchanged |
| they | have shortchanged |
Past
| I | shortchanged |
| you | shortchanged |
| he;she;it | shortchanged |
| we | shortchanged |
| you | shortchanged |
| they | shortchanged |
Pluperfect
| I | had shortchanged |
| you | had shortchanged |
| he;she;it | had shortchanged |
| we | had shortchanged |
| you | had shortchanged |
| they | had shortchanged |
Future
| I | will shortchange |
| you | will shortchange |
| he;she;it | will shortchange |
| we | will shortchange |
| you | will shortchange |
| they | will shortchange |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shortchanged |
| you | will have shortchanged |
| he;she;it | will have shortchanged |
| we | will have shortchanged |
| you | will have shortchanged |
| they | will have shortchanged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shortchange |
| you | shortchange |
| he;she;it | shortchange |
| we | shortchange |
| you | shortchange |
| they | shortchange |
Perfect
| I | have shortchanged |
| you | have shortchanged |
| he;she;it | have shortchanged |
| we | have shortchanged |
| you | have shortchanged |
| they | have shortchanged |
Imperfect
| I | shortchanged |
| you | shortchanged |
| he;she;it | shortchanged |
| we | shortchanged |
| you | shortchanged |
| they | shortchanged |
Pluperfect
| I | had shortchanged |
| you | had shortchanged |
| he;she;it | had shortchanged |
| we | had shortchanged |
| you | had shortchanged |
| they | had shortchanged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shortchange |
| you | would shortchange |
| he;she;it | would shortchange |
| we | would shortchange |
| you | would shortchange |
| they | would shortchange |
Perfect
| I | would have shortchanged |
| you | would have shortchanged |
| he;she;it | would have shortchanged |
| we | would have shortchanged |
| you | would have shortchanged |
| they | would have shortchanged |
Imperative
| you | shortchange |
| we | Let's shortchange |
| you | shortchange |
Verbs conjugated like 'shortchange'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shortchange'
short-change,
shorthand,
forecharge,
outcharge,
rechange,
surcharge,
change,
exchange,
forhang,
interchange,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From short + change.
Sample Sentences
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I got shortchanged! I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.
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The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself by taking it.
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This article's sparse discussion of tax-policy implications shortchanges the subject.
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Specific evidence that the United States is being short-changed in the cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union has been offered by Representative Michael Feighan of Ohio, chairman of the House subcommittee and the joint Senate House Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy. [1964 June 16, “Short End of Exchange”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 14:]
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Dr. [James D.] Watson’s tell-all memoir, “The Double Helix,” had also provoked his colleagues when it was published in 1968, infuriating them for, in their view, elevating himself while shortchanging others who were involved in the project. [2025 November 7, Cornelia Dean, “James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:]