as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
customers affected by the increase in the service fee complained they were getting a raw deal
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Recent Examples of raw deal
Lil Rel Howery, effortlessly funny in most of his other films, gets an equally raw deal as Moose, the Sancho Panza to Harold’s Don Quixote.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done.
—WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
Selection Sunday madness March sadness: These bubble teams were snubbed by the committee Good break or raw deal?
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
That’s a raw deal for someone with your interests and inclinations, but life’s full of raw deals.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Nov. 2020
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done.
—WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
Selection Sunday madness March sadness: These bubble teams were snubbed by the committee Good break or raw deal?
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
That’s a raw deal for someone with your interests and inclinations, but life’s full of raw deals.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Nov. 2020
See All Example Sentences for raw deal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raw deal
Noun
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That’s apropos, given that the song’s protagonist was flipping all the wrongs in his life to right.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
24 July 2025
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However, that wrong has now been righted, with Dragonite's new form featuring wings on its head and a pearl on its tail like its pre-evolution, Dragonair.—
Ryan Woodrow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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The murder of George Floyd sparked protests across the country, and in the bubble, almost all the players knelt during the national anthems to protest police brutality and racial injustice.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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Justifying the order in terms of universal interests and public goods meant that those charging it with systemic injustice could be—and often were—dismissed.—
STACIE E. GODDARD,
Foreign Affairs,
28 July 2025
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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raw%20deal. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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