short shrift

noun

1. a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
2. little attention or consideration in dealing with a person or matter: to give short shrift to an opponent’s arguments.

noun

1. brief and unsympathetic treatment
2. (formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession
3. make short shrift of to dispose of quickly and unsympathetically