not do justice
Example Sentences
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A 12-point lead did not do justice to their performance.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
Richter’s process of abstraction was based on his conviction that he could not do justice to the incomprehensible horror of the Holocaust with direct depiction.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
Other historians and biographers say Starkey's views do not do justice to how she has performed her role and moved with the times.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2022
The 17-point spread does not do justice the unthinkable nature of Texas A&M’s 41-38 upset of Alabama on Saturday night in College Station.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2021
“You have only proved by this,” cried Elizabeth, “that Mr. Bingley did not do justice to his own disposition. You have shown him off now much more than he did himself.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
