as in injustice
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 disservice
This is a disservice to buyers and creates confusion in the procurement process.
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Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But the even greater disservice would be to ignore what the game is becoming, a geopolitical football in more ways than one.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
This kid is a stud and the Red Sox would be doing themselves a disservice not starting him on the Opening Day roster.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelenskyy to find an endgame to the war.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But the even greater disservice would be to ignore what the game is becoming, a geopolitical football in more ways than one.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
This kid is a stud and the Red Sox would be doing themselves a disservice not starting him on the Opening Day roster.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Monday evening, said European allies were doing Ukraine a disservice by not pressing Zelenskyy to find an endgame to the war.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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