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
But the twist of Harley being yet another leech off Arthur, plus fabricating her own traumatic backstory just to fetishize Arthur’s mental illness, was a disservice to the lore of Harley herself.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
Whatever the reasons, ignoring the overwhelming good news about the ease of voting in America does a great disservice to the public.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The sometimes-abhorrent characterizations of aging within the media and other outlets do a massive disservice not just to millions of older adults but also to all of us who will someday join their ranks.
—Washington Post, 11 July 2024
To keep going after an evasive answer by asking the same question six ways from Sunday means throwing out much else of import on the docket, thus doing voters a disservice by limiting the scope of the debate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
Whatever the reasons, ignoring the overwhelming good news about the ease of voting in America does a great disservice to the public.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The sometimes-abhorrent characterizations of aging within the media and other outlets do a massive disservice not just to millions of older adults but also to all of us who will someday join their ranks.
—Washington Post, 11 July 2024
To keep going after an evasive answer by asking the same question six ways from Sunday means throwing out much else of import on the docket, thus doing voters a disservice by limiting the scope of the debate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for disservice
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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