raw deal

Definition of raw dealnext
as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this customers affected by the increase in the service fee complained they were getting a raw deal

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Recent Examples of raw deal The Big 12 commissioner was in Fort Worth on Monday to meet the new director of athletics at TCU, and the topic of conversation is how his league has performed this postseason, specifically the raw deals for both BYU and Arizona State. Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025 Whether the Blues hiring Montgomery and moving on from Bannister becomes reality or remains a rumor, the remote possibility would be a very raw deal for Bannister. Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 Lil Rel Howery, effortlessly funny in most of his other films, gets an equally raw deal as Moose, the Sancho Panza to Harold’s Don Quixote. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 July 2024 But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done. WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for raw deal
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Noun
  • This was deliberate and not a fashion or ordered-the-wrong-size-on-Amazon mistake.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
  • Without quick feedback, the wrong-but-confident answer never gets corrected.
    Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • But when it’s tied to a famously corrupt institution like FIFA, the claims of grave injustice intensify and feel almost like the buildup to war.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
  • Eliska Hamzova scored just eight points in just under nine minutes of action, but the stats sheet does an injustice to her impact on the game.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 14 July 2026

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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raw%20deal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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