Summary Treatment (Noun)
Meaning
A brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The company gave my job application summary treatment, dismissing it without even a phone call.
- The editor gave the manuscript summary treatment, rejecting it with a brief and unhelpful note.
- The committee gave the proposal summary treatment, dismissing it without discussion or debate.
- The judge gave the defendant's argument summary treatment, dismissing it as frivolous and without merit.
- The reviewer gave the book summary treatment, dismissing it with a brief and scathing review.