a raw deal

noun

: unfair treatment

We're getting a raw deal with the new tax laws.

Examples of a raw deal in a Sentence

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Its songs are filled with workingmen getting a raw deal—losing a job, losing a mortgaged house to a bank, owing money, accepting work for a gangster, bearing the burden of a boss’s disfavor, being broke and turning to crime, trying to live with the trauma of military service in the Vietnam War. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025

Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025

Invest in improving the in-office experience—for real To those who must be on-site, hybrid work can feel like a raw deal. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025

On Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ensure that Trump’s announcement doesn’t stick American taxpayers and workers with a raw deal. —Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Oldest kids always get a raw deal. —Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

Did Minnesota get a raw deal with this arrangement? —Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 May 2025

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