Synonyms of raw deal

raw deal

noun

as in wrong

unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this

customers affected by the increase in the service fee complained they were getting a raw deal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrong
• injustice
• injury
• insult
• unfairness
• disservice
• inequity
• shaft
• affront
• unjustness
• indignity
• outrage
• slight
• offense
• beef
• slur
• grievance
• complaint
• put-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• justice
• equity
• fairness
• equitableness
• cricket

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raw deal

The Kings gave him 22 million reasons to get over it — the total dollar value of his new two-year contract extension — leaving Rangers fans as the ones who truly got the raw deal. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026

Lil Rel Howery, effortlessly funny in most of his other films, gets an equally raw deal as Moose, the Sancho Panza to Harold’s Don Quixote. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 July 2024

Whether the Blues hiring Montgomery and moving on from Bannister becomes reality or remains a rumor, the remote possibility would be a very raw deal for Bannister. — Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024

The Big 12 commissioner was in Fort Worth on Monday to meet the new director of athletics at TCU, and the topic of conversation is how his league has performed this postseason, specifically the raw deals for both BYU and Arizona State. — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025