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
But the even greater disservice would be to ignore what the game is becoming, a geopolitical football in more ways than one.
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelenskyy to find an endgame to the war.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelensky to find an endgame to the war.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelenskyy to find an endgame to the war.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelensky to find an endgame to the war.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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Then, a sudden twist propels the narrative into a surreal exploration of time, as Lazzaro awakens years later, unchanged, and ventures into a modern world where the injustices of the past persist in new forms.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Here, the senator was passively alluding to environmental injustices, which were commonplace in the 1970s and long before then.—
Jerel Ezell,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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Buyers who make the correct prediction receive a dollar per contract purchased, while those who get it wrong receive nothing in return. To be clear, Kalshi is neither a party to these contracts nor sets contractual prices.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Others appeared to be armed civilians seeking revenge for wrongs committed during the civil war, residents said.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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