ADJECTIVE
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(of persons) taken advantage of
after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used
How To Use put-upon In A Sentence
- But luckily my poor put-upon mother was around and did the chauffeuring trick to the NRMA and the RTA. This'n'that
- For him to be basically the put-upon straight man surrounded by zanies, including Allison Janney as the wacky boss and Nate Torrence as her nincompoop son, seems like a waste. Ask Matt: Chicago Code, Castle, Fringe and More!
- They are far more put-upon. Times, Sunday Times
- But husbands and fathers in sitcoms tend to be far too put-upon to enjoy peace and quiet. Times, Sunday Times
- “Certainly, Your Grace,” said the long-faced magicker, heaving a put-upon sigh. Conqueror's Moon
- The playwright's rabbity, put-upon Everyloser is a clock-tower sniper in the making; a weird, nervous, socially maladjusted little knot of nerves riddled with neuroses, delusions and obsessive-compulsions.
- The actress does OK as the put-upon motelier who's had it up to here.
- Put-upon cartoon moron George Green is given a new lease of life when a mysterious moth visits him. But are knowledge, power and success all they're cracked up to be?
- Yesterday's gobbing nihilists are today's middle-aged middle managers, lecturers and put-upon parents. Times, Sunday Times
- I held this unfair complicatedness against each of them and acted put-upon and odd around them. If Memory Doesn't Serve
