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 those mythologies can inadvertently do us a major disservice.
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Feb. 2025
Among those to vote for Rodriguez was Stephen Nesbitt, a senior MLB writer for The Athletic, who ultimately decided that keeping him, and other all-time greats with steroid ties, out of Cooperstown would be a disservice to the Hall.
—Peter Sblendorio, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
In its first public response to the campaign, the Office of Personnel Management on Monday argued union leaders and their attorneys are doing their members a disservice.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Don’t do yourself the disservice of ignoring large swaths of the population, inadvertently or otherwise.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Feb. 2025
Among those to vote for Rodriguez was Stephen Nesbitt, a senior MLB writer for The Athletic, who ultimately decided that keeping him, and other all-time greats with steroid ties, out of Cooperstown would be a disservice to the Hall.
—Peter Sblendorio, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
In its first public response to the campaign, the Office of Personnel Management on Monday argued union leaders and their attorneys are doing their members a disservice.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Don’t do yourself the disservice of ignoring large swaths of the population, inadvertently or otherwise.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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 13 Mar. 2025.
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