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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Some of Kenzo’s social media fans say the dog is getting a raw deal.
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Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
Having been whistled for 16 fouls in the span of three games, each whistle feeling more targeted than the last, Collins was certain officials were giving him a raw deal.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2022
Such a solution at least resolves the question of why farming replaced hunting and gathering if the former was such a raw deal in terms of nutrition and overall quality of life, as argued by many anthropologists and economic historians.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2011
Wilks, frankly, got a raw deal in his lone head coaching opportunity, in 2018.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
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Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
Having been whistled for 16 fouls in the span of three games, each whistle feeling more targeted than the last, Collins was certain officials were giving him a raw deal.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2022
Such a solution at least resolves the question of why farming replaced hunting and gathering if the former was such a raw deal in terms of nutrition and overall quality of life, as argued by many anthropologists and economic historians.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2011
Wilks, frankly, got a raw deal in his lone head coaching opportunity, in 2018.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
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