shortlistee

English

Etymology

• from shortlist +‎ -ee

Noun

shortlistee (plural shortlistees)

1. A person or thing that is on a shortlist
   • 2009 February 28, Mark Lawson, “The art of persuasion”, in The Guardian:

     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.