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
Pretending otherwise does a disservice to the many parents in these same communities raising children well under similarly difficult circumstances.
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Desmon Yancy,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
To mention any others from this season would do that PSG-Bayern first leg a disservice.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
And that’s doing a disservice to everybody.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 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.
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Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Desmon Yancy,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
To mention any others from this season would do that PSG-Bayern first leg a disservice.
—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
And that’s doing a disservice to everybody.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 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
See All Example Sentences for disservice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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The Hanna’s Town Resolves, a document signed along Forbes Road in 1775 by citizens of Westmoreland County, protested the injustices of the British Parliament.
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Wherever Kelly Davis looked injustice in the eye, or inequity or the misuse of authority, outrage surely followed.
Noun
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Brown, though, is in the prime of his career and no doubt eager to prove the Celtics wrong for trading him after a decade in Boston.
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Everything that can go wrong goes worse.
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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