short shrift

noun

a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.

little attention or consideration in dealing with a person or matter:

to give short shrift to an opponent's arguments.

Origin

1585-95

Examples from the web for short shrift

Technical expertise gets short shrift in the nuclear and missile defense debates, too, they contend.
Most online music sites give the bands short shrift when slicing up the revenue pie.
She has been given short shrift by the intellectual establishment.
Culture receives short shrift in favour of politics.
Even economics doesn't get the usual short shrift: an experiment will introduce visitors to different aspects of trade.
It is important to neither overemphasize nor give short shrift to subjective impressions.
Don't give short shrift to the budget and its justification.
With few exceptions, wine lovers complain regularly that restaurant reviews pay short shrift to wine.
And do not give short shrift to the little one-quart.
Music gets short shrift, and the determination to cover the globe seems to have lapsed.

British Dictionary definitions for short shrift

noun

brief and unsympathetic treatment

(formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession

make short shrift of, to dispose of quickly and unsympathetically