disservices

plural of disservice
as in injustices
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 disservices Learning only on the job is a disservices to their patients. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus founded the Happy Hippie Foundation to fight injustices facing homeless and LGBTQ youth as well as other vulnerable populations.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The players have long spoken out about racial injustices and LGBTQ rights.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • And for five years, the retirees have been fighting these wrongs with little or no support from the vast majority of the City Council who have never even met with the retirees’ representatives.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • And having the club fined is also not going to cause individual players to curtail their emotions or not defend themselves against actual or perceived wrongs.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Disservices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disservices. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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