raw deal

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 But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done. WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023 Selection Sunday madness March sadness: These bubble teams were snubbed by the committee Good break or raw deal? Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023 That’s a raw deal for someone with your interests and inclinations, but life’s full of raw deals. David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Nov. 2020 Some of Kenzo’s social media fans say the dog is getting a raw deal. Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for raw deal
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  • Buyers who make the correct prediction receive a dollar per contract purchased, while those who get it wrong receive nothing in return. To be clear, Kalshi is neither a party to these contracts nor sets contractual prices.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Others appeared to be armed civilians seeking revenge for wrongs committed during the civil war, residents said.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • Then, a sudden twist propels the narrative into a surreal exploration of time, as Lazzaro awakens years later, unchanged, and ventures into a modern world where the injustices of the past persist in new forms.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Here, the senator was passively alluding to environmental injustices, which were commonplace in the 1970s and long before then.
    Jerel Ezell, Time, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raw%20deal. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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