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Adjective
hard done by (comparative more hard done by, superlative most hard done by)
- (UK, idiomatic) used, cheated, or exploited by
King should feel a bit hard done by after being replaced in the team.
2011 October 1, Alistair Magowan, “Man Utd 2 - 0 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:United could have made it 3-0 with further chances, but Norwich's Andrew Crofts also had a shot saved and his side can come away from this encounter with some reason to feel hard done by.
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