short shrift noun
[noncount] : little or no attention or thought
▪ He gives short shrift to the author's later works. ▪ The lower classes have gotten/received short shrift from the city government. [=the city government has not paid attention to the problems of the people in the lower classes]
▪ He gives short shrift to the author's later works. ▪ The lower classes have gotten/received short shrift from the city government. [=the city government has not paid attention to the problems of the people in the lower classes]
