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
That was a disservice to the community.
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But to paint them as one-dimensionally focused on defending would be a disservice to a side that finished as the third-highest scorers last season.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
But bad-faith arguments that ignore Hamas’s sabotage and Israel’s attempts to mitigate the crisis do a disservice to truth and to the people of Gaza.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Dismantling this independent, bipartisan agency—as Trump seeks—is a dire disservice.
—Mandy Taheri
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But to paint them as one-dimensionally focused on defending would be a disservice to a side that finished as the third-highest scorers last season.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
But bad-faith arguments that ignore Hamas’s sabotage and Israel’s attempts to mitigate the crisis do a disservice to truth and to the people of Gaza.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Dismantling this independent, bipartisan agency—as Trump seeks—is a dire disservice.
—Mandy Taheri
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
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By sharing stories of corruption, privilege and inequality, social media not only informed but also galvanized Nepal’s youth, motivating collective mobilization against the country’s systemic injustice.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Music, and punk in particular, has traditionally been a form of art that amplifies anger, discontent, and injustice without filter.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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That justifies the team orders to right a wrong.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the Republic of Ireland last featured in the finals of a World Cup, and the Boys In Green host Hungary on Saturday hoping to right that wrong.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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