as in injustices
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 disservices
Learning only on the job is a disservices to their patients.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservices
Noun
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These historical injustices cannot be separated from contemporary policy messaging.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Black Panthers were about rebellion and pointing out the injustices that occurred daily on the streets of the Black community.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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In 2020, a demand to redress historic wrongs grew following the murder of George Floyd and the national Black Lives Matter movement.—
Ara Rosenthal,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The arc of a wrongful-conviction story bends toward exoneration and release—a flawed but heartening correction of past wrongs.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Disservices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservices. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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