shortlistee

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noun

A person or thing that is on a shortlist.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounshortlistee (plural shortlistees)

plural shortlistees

  1. A person or thing that is on a shortlist.
    1 more example

    Revealingly, two of the contenders announced this week for the Art Fund museum of the year prize - the Sackler Centre at the V&A in London and the National Trust Museum of Childhood in Derbyshire - are heavily interactive, while a third shortlistee, the Museum of Reading, boxed up its exhibits and allowed them to be displayed in workplaces and public buildings.

    2009 February 28, Mark Lawson, “The art of persuasion”, in The Guardian

Origin

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APA

shortlistee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortlistee

MLA

“shortlistee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortlistee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shortlistee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortlistee.

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