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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 Perpetuating the low performance of Kentucky’s education system is a disservice to our children and our Commonwealth. Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024 Without discounting the stellar work that many guidance counselors and educators are doing at the tactical level, the systemic issues in our whole philosophy of high school are doing young people a disservice. Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Brady’s inability to criticize officials and teams is also a disservice to fans. Sean Gregory, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024 But in being so black and white on failure, leaders are doing their companies a disservice. Jalie Cohen, Forbes, 17 Oct. 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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