raw deal

noun

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: an instance of unfair treatment

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these mice are really getting a raw deal: after we're through using them for our science experiment, they get fed to our snake
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But lots of people get raw deals, pick themselves up and get the job done. — WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023 Along comes host number two, an ant, who definitely gets the raw deal. — New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025 In a world seemingly full of raw deals, the price of a hot dog and a soda at Costco hasn’t changed in 40 years. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 The Kings gave him 22 million reasons to get over it — the total dollar value of his new two-year contract extension — leaving Rangers fans as the ones who truly got the raw deal. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for raw deal

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First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of raw deal was in 1911

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“Raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20deal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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raw deal

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