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
And that’s doing a disservice to everybody.
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Morris, of Belleville, said the decision to omit her son's name wasn't just hurtful to her, but was a disservice to all of his fellow classmates who loved him.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Other fans took to the comments of the original video to joke about Wilde being done a disservice by the person filming the interview.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 May 2026
In South Florida, District 20 congressional candidate Luther Campbell said the new map does a disservice to Black voters in parts of Palm Beach County, such as Pahokee, Belle Glade and parts of Riviera Beach who were drawn out of District 20 and into white majority, Republican-leaning districts.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Morris, of Belleville, said the decision to omit her son's name wasn't just hurtful to her, but was a disservice to all of his fellow classmates who loved him.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Other fans took to the comments of the original video to joke about Wilde being done a disservice by the person filming the interview.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 May 2026
In South Florida, District 20 congressional candidate Luther Campbell said the new map does a disservice to Black voters in parts of Palm Beach County, such as Pahokee, Belle Glade and parts of Riviera Beach who were drawn out of District 20 and into white majority, Republican-leaning districts.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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There are many reasons for all of this, but the lasting burden of decade after decade after decade of injustice still makes shoulders ache.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Because, so far, my instincts are all dead wrong.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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The streamer got that one wrong.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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