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
For that incredibly dishonest assessment that actually did a disservice to the country, Obama is held up to widespread praise by Democrats and others, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
In my mind, the Democrats are doing themselves a disservice by waiting to have their primary in 2028.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
To say more would be a disservice to the nerve-shredding terror that follows.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
In total, Elanga provided five first-half crosses and, while only Gordon’s counted as ‘completed’, that does a disservice to the havoc the Sweden international caused.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
In my mind, the Democrats are doing themselves a disservice by waiting to have their primary in 2028.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
To say more would be a disservice to the nerve-shredding terror that follows.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
In total, Elanga provided five first-half crosses and, while only Gordon’s counted as ‘completed’, that does a disservice to the havoc the Sweden international caused.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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There are also such dark social themes in the film as corporate power, media control, social injustice, unemployment, poverty, drugs, mental health, police-state dynamics, and violence.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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But Deza, a lawyer who is considerably savvier than the public defenders that her case was previously foisted upon, takes an interest in the injustice and agrees to represent her pro-bono.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That media consensus is famously always too simple, and often flat wrong.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Majumdar’s most compelling insight—into collapsing social categories during a time of crisis—speaks to a broader global condition, in which the will to survive can obscure the line between right and wrong.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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