hard done by

English

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Adjective

hard done by (comparative more hard done by, superlative most hard done by)

  1. (idiomatic) used; cheated; exploited
    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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