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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 Anything less is a disservice to the people of Boynton Beach. Dominick Vargas, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025 Bringing back Sanders and Tremble with minimal enhancement otherwise would be a disservice to the offense’s evolution. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 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 My grandmother's story seems unremarkable, but to take her story at face value would do a disservice to her struggles as an Assyrian. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 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 5 Apr. 2025.

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