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
  • By his own account, the call went from early to wrong to decent, and now some of his clients are calling it crowded.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
  • More than 45 years after the first Friday the 13th, Brad Caleb Kane is righting a wrong from the set of the 1980 slasher.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Yet some parents respond as though their children have suffered a serious injustice.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Saturday’s mobilization follows calls on social media to revive the yellow vest movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raw%20deal. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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