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
In an email to NPR on Saturday, Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi said Redd's decision is a disservice to the arts.
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
But it’s been such a disservice to these actors who are doing some of the best work in their careers.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Ostracizing them from pop culture that all of their peers are immersed in would be doing them a disservice.
—Jessica Shyba, SELF, 19 Dec. 2025
Some fans might call that a disservice to the sport, arguing that conversations around the league are far too focused on drama and not enough on the game of basketball.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
But it’s been such a disservice to these actors who are doing some of the best work in their careers.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Ostracizing them from pop culture that all of their peers are immersed in would be doing them a disservice.
—Jessica Shyba, SELF, 19 Dec. 2025
Some fans might call that a disservice to the sport, arguing that conversations around the league are far too focused on drama and not enough on the game of basketball.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disservice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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These are constitutional guarantees forged in response to deliberate injustice.—
Rosalind Osgood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Headline after headline found celebrities speaking about injustice and the larger world, rather than what was going inside this little bubble of talking about movies.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Knicks merely need to right their wrongs.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the hope of righting the wrong of helping Roper fake his death, Angela has also cornered Mayra (Indira Varma), the MI-6 chief who is in cahoots with Roper.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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