as in injustice
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this you do a great disservice to the professionals at the day-care center when you refer to them as "babysitters"

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Recent Examples of disservice Gameplay: Exciting Ninja Action To call Shinobi: Art of Vengeance a simple platformer would do it a disservice, because there's a lot more going on than just pushing forward and mashing buttons. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 June 2025 At the same time, labeling the Pacers as the Team of Destiny actually does them a disservice. Shane Young, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Don’t do yourself a disservice and make the West Indies right before guests arrive. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 May 2025 Critics too often do a disservice to the art of younger generations, overstating the similarities between works that have little in common besides the age of their makers or failing to account for the aesthetic prejudices of their own cohort. Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for disservice
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Noun
  • In her dissent, Sotomayor faulted the court for turning a blind eye to injustice.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
  • Environmental injustice and disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • With Section 899, Republicans are trying to test the truism about two wrongs not making a right.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • The plan must also force Israel to stop its bulldozing of buildings, seizure of Palestinian lands, and creation of ever-more Jewish settlements in the West Bank—and pay full reparations for all of these enormous wrongs.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025

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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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