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
The outgoing administration has done a disservice to America.
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Dan Cox, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
But the smoke is still rising, and petty partisanship is a distraction and disservice at the moment, given all that’s been lost, and all the hard work of moving forward.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
But actually that does a disservice to your employees.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Anything less not only does a disservice to the psychologists and the courts but also fails the youth whose futures depend on these evaluations.
—Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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Dan Cox, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
But the smoke is still rising, and petty partisanship is a distraction and disservice at the moment, given all that’s been lost, and all the hard work of moving forward.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
But actually that does a disservice to your employees.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Anything less not only does a disservice to the psychologists and the courts but also fails the youth whose futures depend on these evaluations.
—Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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 6 Mar. 2025.
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