Usually means: Treated unfairly or unjustly wronged.
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  1. hard done by: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard done by: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hard done by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hard done by: Wiktionary
  5. hard done by: Dictionary.com

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  1. hard done by: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (UK, idiomatic) used, cheated, or exploited by

Similar:
done up like a kipper, stitched up like a kipper, dicked, shafted, snookered, kerried, screwed, bollocked, down on one's luck, knacked, more...

Opposite:
privileged, fortunate, lucky, advantaged

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Similar:
done up like a kipper, stitched up like a kipper, dicked, shafted, snookered, kerried, screwed, bollocked, down on one's luck, knacked, more...

Opposite:
privileged, fortunate, lucky, advantaged



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