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
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raw deal
Noun
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And not only that, but the lack of an adequate concept prevented the victims from fully understanding the wrong themselves.—
Timothy J. Pawl,
The Conversation,
23 Feb. 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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What has always been so admirable is that Sony Classics has managed to do this both at home and abroad, centering not just domestic stories of injustice but international ones as well.—
Karen Kramer,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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What’s for certain is that Istook plans to keep telling stories, whether that’s fact-checking government officials, fighting misinformation or calling out an injustice.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raw%20deal. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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