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 to see Kashmir solely through the lens of Indian-Pakistani rivalry would do the complicated conflict a disservice.
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Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
Advisors who ignore this reality are doing their clients a disservice.
—Christian Faes, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Following Heath Ledger’s Joker performance in The Dark Knight was always going to be a difficult task, and this movie’s sound design (like Dunkirk’s) does Hardy a disservice by muffling so much of his dialogue as Bane through that damn mask.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
Advisors who ignore this reality are doing their clients a disservice.
—Christian Faes, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Following Heath Ledger’s Joker performance in The Dark Knight was always going to be a difficult task, and this movie’s sound design (like Dunkirk’s) does Hardy a disservice by muffling so much of his dialogue as Bane through that damn mask.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disservice
Noun
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In the face of injustice, silence is not an option.—
Breana Skiles,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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No more silence on abuse, discrimination, or injustice.—
Michael Blake,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Returning ‘Lord Stanley’ to Canada If McDavid and the Oilers can fulfill their mission and right the wrongs of last season, Edmonton would be the first Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens last did it in 1993.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Arnold Palmer luckily did, and proceeded to right the wrong.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservice. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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